2000 Local Government Elections
Held on 5 December 2000. Results by municipal area, summed from the IEC's voting-district results. No boundary geometry is held for this election's areas, so its results are shown as tables.
Municipal PR ballot: results
Every voter's proportional representation ballot for their municipal council.
| Party or contestant (as listed) | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS | 5 208 058 | 59,9% |
| DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE/DEMOKRATIESE ALLIANSIE | 1 938 991 | 22,3% |
| INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY | 794 495 | 9,1% |
| UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT | 234 198 | 2,7% |
| PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA | 115 827 | 1,3% |
| AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY | 103 440 | 1,2% |
| UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY | 85 697 | 1,0% |
| MINORITY FRONT | 26 499 | 0,3% |
| AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION | 25 865 | 0,3% |
| XIMOKO PARTY | 10 814 | 0,1% |
| DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA | 10 206 | 0,1% |
| AFRICA MUSLIM PARTY | 8 056 | 0,1% |
| Others (66 together) | 128 933 | 1,5% |
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Key figures
- Valid votes
- 8 691 079
- Turnout
- 48,1%
- Votes cast
- 8 882 734
- Spoilt votes
- 191 655
- Registered voters
- 18 477 932
- Ballots
- 237
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No map for this election
Boundary geometry for the areas of 2000 is not held. Areas change between elections, so these results are never drawn on today's boundaries; they are listed by area below.
Limpopo: by municipal area
Municipal areas as the official results list them for this election
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE/DEMOKRATIESE ALLIANSIEINKATHA FREEDOM PARTYUNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTPAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIAAFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTYUNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTYMINORITY FRONT
| Municipal area | Valid votes | Turnout | AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY | Most votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aganang [Moletje/Matlala] | 25 581 | 46,4% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 86,9% |
| Ba-Phalaborwa [Phalaborwa] | 20 223 | 44,8% | 3,9% | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 78,9% |
| Bela Bela [Warmbath] | 9 077 | 43,9% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 72,3% |
| Blouberg [Bochum/My Darling] | 21 135 | 40,2% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 88,0% |
| Bushbuckridge [Bushbuckridge] | 64 934 | 39,3% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 79,8% |
| Drakensberg [Hoedspruit] | 16 720 | 52,0% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 78,1% |
| Fetakgomo [Fetakgomo ] | 16 030 | 47,2% | 1,5% | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 75,6% |
| Greater Giyani [Giyani] | 39 614 | 48,4% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 81,8% |
| Greater Letaba [Duiwelskloof] | 34 160 | 46,1% | 4,5% | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 89,4% |
| Greater Tzaneen [Tzaneen] | 56 182 | 40,4% | 2,4% | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 77,8% |
| Lepelle-Nkumpi [Lebowakgomo] | 32 559 | 40,1% | 3,2% | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 82,7% |
| Lephalale [Ellisras] | 17 212 | 50,6% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 85,3% |
| Makhuduthamaga [Ngwaritsi] | 39 876 | 41,5% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 83,8% |
| Modimolle [Nylstroom] | 10 123 | 50,9% | 6,2% | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 62,5% |
| Mogalakwena [Potgietersrus] | 44 748 | 39,7% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 85,4% |
| Molemole [Dendron/Dikgale] | 15 291 | 41,9% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 85,5% |
| Musina [Messina] | 5 136 | 37,7% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 79,3% |
| Mutale [Mutale/Masisi] | 13 181 | 47,3% | 4,5% | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 83,8% |
| NP343 [Thohoyandou] | 78 558 | 39,4% | 3,0% | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 75,9% |
| NP344 [Louis Trichardt] | 86 101 | 47,9% | 3,1% | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 81,9% |
| NP364 [Naboomspruit] | 4 695 | 42,1% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 60,7% |
| Polokwane [Pietersburg] | 69 199 | 38,6% | 2,6% | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 76,0% |
| Thabazimbi [Thabazimbi] | 8 567 | 34,4% | – | AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 67,7% |
Coverage and comparability
What this election's record holds, the delimitation its areas sit on, and which elections it may be compared with
By ballot
- Municipal PR ballot
- Ward ballot
Boundaries and comparisons
Areas of the 2000 municipal delimitation; no boundary geometry is held, so areas are listed by name and code and never drawn on another delimitation's map.
Nationally and by province this election compares with every other local Government election. By municipality: no other election is on the same delimitation, so municipal results are listed per election and never side by side. Wards are compared only within one delimitation.
About this record
Coverage, limitations, source issues and how the figures were checked
What the record holds
- Loaded: the proportional representation (PR) ballot of every municipality, as sums of the IEC's voting-district rows for each municipality (the number of voting districts summed is stored with each figure).
- Municipal areas are those of this election, as the IEC file lists them. No boundary geometry is held for them: results are shown as tables, never drawn on today's boundaries.
- Ward ballots: 3754 wards of the 2000 delimitation, each the sum of its voting districts in the IEC's results file. Ward candidates are not named in the file; every independent candidate in a ward is in one line, "INDEPENDENT", as published.
What it does not hold
- Not loaded in this milestone: ward ballots (each ward of this delimitation would need its own place record), the district council (DC 40%) ballots (the file does not name the district a municipality belongs to), and district-management-area ballots. Their voting-district rows are in the official file (SHA-256 recorded). Update, 9 October 2026: the ward ballots have since been loaded from the same file (notes below); the district council and district-management-area ballots are still not loaded.
- These are the 2000 wards. Ward codes were reissued at each delimitation, so a 2000 ward is not the 2021 ward with the same number and is not drawn on today's map.
Historical context
- The first local government elections after the 1998 demarcation established today's system of metropolitan, local and district municipalities.
Source issues
- 280 voting-district lines state no votes cast ("NULL"); for their wards, votes cast is valid plus spoilt votes.
How it was read and checked
- Election date: Polling day as proclaimed in the Government Gazette. The IEC results files do not state the date and the proclamation is not yet among this election's captured documents.
Sources
The official files behind these results
| Document | Role | Retrieved | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IEC 2000 Local Government Elections — full results down to voting-district level (zipped CSV) | Results data | 8 October 2026 | 179d7258d66730d0… |
Turnout 48,1%