Mookgophong/Modimolle Local Municipality

Modimolle/Mookgophong Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Mookgophong and Modimolle local municipalities. The total population is 107 699 (Source: Statistics South Africa, Community Survey 2016)

Modimolle/Mookgophong
Local municipality
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Waterberg
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Marlene van Staden (DA)
Area [1]
• Total	10,367 km^2 (4,003 sq mi)
Population  (2011)Community Survey 2016
• Total	107,699
• Density	10/km^2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	LIM368

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining fourteen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a plurality of thirteen seats on the council but failed to win an overall majority. On 23 August 2016, the council subsequently elected Marlene van Staden, the mayoral candidate of the Democratic Alliance (DA), as the new mayor.[2]

The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	13,764	13,650	27,414	47.6	11	2	13
	Democratic Alliance	6,763	7,130	13,893	24.1	3	4	7
	Economic Freedom Fighters	5,625	5,578	11,203	19.4	0	6	6
	Freedom Front Plus	1,684	1,705	3,389	5.9	0	2	2
	Mookgophong Party	393	360	753	1.3	0	0	0
	Congress of the People	142	339	481	0.8	0	0	0
	Independent	395	–	395	0.7	0	–	0
	Pan Africanist Congress	60	30	90	0.2	0	0	0
Total		28,826	28,792	57,618	100.0	14	14	28
Spoilt votes		341	428	769

References

1. Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Mookgophong, Modimolle.
2. http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2016/08/23/ANC-loses-Modimolle-mayor-post-to-DA
3. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Modimolle" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
4. "Seat Calculation Detail: Modimolle" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 August 2016.