The Thaba Chweu Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Mpumalanga in South Africa. The council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of sixteen seats.
Results The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections. Event ANC DA EFF FF+ PAC Other Total 2000 election 18 4 — — — 1 23 2006 election 18 3 — 1 1 0 23 2011 election 20 6 — 0 1 0 27 2016 election 17 7 2 0 0 1 27 2021 election 16 6 3 1 0 1 27
December 2000 election
The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.
March 2006 election
The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.
May 2011 election
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.
August 2016 election
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.
November 2021 election
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
By-elections from November 2021 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since November 2021.
Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 16 Mar 2022 6 25 Oct 2023 6 18 Jun 2025 6
After the March 2022 by-election, the council was reconfigured as below, before returning to its 2021 makeup after the October 2023 by-election:
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