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Joe Gqabi

3 municipalities on the 2021 boundaries. Official results of the 2021 Local Government Elections below (the latest verified for this place), with their sources.

Joe Gqabi, Eastern Cape
2021 boundaries
Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections

46,4%–47,2%
47,2%–47,8%
47,8%–47,8%

Votes cast on the municipal PR ballot ÷ registered voters. Classes split the areas shown into equal groups.

MDB 2021 boundaries · select an area to open it

Share of valid votes

District council PR ballot · 2021 Local Government Elections · official result

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS73,7%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS10,2%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE7,6%
STERKSPRUIT CIVIC ASSOCIATION2,3%
MALETSWAI CIVIC ASSOCIATION1,8%
Others (3)4,4%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by municipality

2021 Local Government Elections

Held 1 November 2021 · Official results — not current figures

District council PR ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 53 171 (73,7% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters: 157 411
Votes cast: 74 241
Turnout: 47,2%
Spoilt ballots: 2 077

How many votes did each contestant receive?8 contestants · 72 164 valid votes · totals of 304 voting districts · final results
Party or contestant	Votes	Share
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	53 171	73,7%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	7 363	10,2%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	5 499	7,6%
STERKSPRUIT CIVIC ASSOCIATION	1 651	2,3%
MALETSWAI CIVIC ASSOCIATION	1 303	1,8%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	1 287	1,8%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT	1 205	1,7%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS	685	0,9%

Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, Eastern Cape (CSV) · retrieved 7 October 2026

Details

Source: IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, Eastern Cape (CSV) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
Retrieved: 7 October 2026, 22:38 SAST
Fingerprint: 332d476288148cf063dc1b82a89042daea979518e67b15c075750adcf4a3fc7fSHA-256 of the exact file we loaded. Anyone holding the same file gets the same value.
Data load: Loaded, checked against the source’s own totals, and approved by an editor on 19 October 2026.
Terms: IEC copyright notice (elections.org.za/pw/Copyright-Notice, read 2026-10-07): material may be reproduced in unaltered form only for personal, non-commercial use or use within your organisation; commercial use is a breach; all other rights reserved; reuse requests to the IEC Manager Legal Services. No separate terms for results data.
Attribution: Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za — 2021 Local Government Elections.

Totals are the sum of the IEC’s published voting-district results, checked against the IEC’s own totals when the data was loaded. Party names are shown exactly as the IEC publishes them.

Council

Joe Gqabi District Municipality Council: the seats elected on the district ballot in 2021 (40% of the council; the rest are appointed by its local councils)

Directly elected seats by party, 2021IEC seat calculation
Party	Seats	Share of seats
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	8
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	1
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	1
Total	10

2021 seat calculation

Elected seats: 10
Quota: 7 217
Valid votes counted: 72 164

Seats on the district ballot are shared in proportion to votes. Appointed members are not listed here.

Mayor, speaker and other office-bearers are not on the record yet

Joe Gqabi’s office-bearers and PR councillors are not in the record yet. They appear once an authoritative source for them is captured and approved; none are inferred from party lists.

Sources: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · IEC — Seat Calculation Detail, 2021 Local Government Elections, Eastern Cape (39 councils) · retrieved 9 October 2026

Details

Source: IEC — Seat Calculation Detail, 2021 Local Government Elections, Eastern Cape (39 councils) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
Retrieved: 9 October 2026, 07:19 SAST
Fingerprint: 6e9cc0a0d2e1fd8edcaaf8f78726bc452f6bb4f13a93449519b9091b40376b45SHA-256 of the exact file we loaded. Anyone holding the same file gets the same value.
Data load: Loaded, checked against the source’s own totals, and approved by an editor on 19 October 2026.
Terms: Published by the IEC on its official websites; reproduced as published, with attribution (IEC copyright notice: www.elections.org.za/pw/Copyright-Notice).
Attribution: Seat calculations: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za.

Public money

Budgets, audited spending and audit opinions as National Treasury publishes them for the municipality; tenders it publishes under its own name

Budgets, spending and audits

Total revenue, audited actual—no audited year published

Irregular expenditure, reportedR 02023/24

Audit opinionUnqualified - No findings2023/24 · Auditor-General

125 closed · 32 cancelled · 9 awarded · 2 published tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

JGDM2026/27-008Advertised as published on 11 October 2026
PROVISION OF PEST CONTROL SERVICES FOR ALL JOE GQABI DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY OFFICES, DEPOTS AND SITES FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (3) YEARS
advertised 11 September 2026 · closes 12 October 2026 · Eastern Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
JGDM2026/27-009Advertised as published on 11 October 2026
APPOINTMENT OF A PROFESSIONAL EVENT ORGANISER FOR THE PLANNING, MANAGEMENT AND FACILITATION OF SONDELA YOUTH FESTIVAL AND OTHER MUNICIPAL EVENTS FOR JOE GQABI DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (3) YEARS
advertised 11 September 2026 · closes 12 October 2026 · Eastern Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
JGDM2026/27-002Closed as published on 11 October 2026
NQANQARHU WATER TREATMENT AND DISTRIBUTION UPGRADE: WATER TREATMENT WORKS
advertised 14 August 2026 · closes 14 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
JGDM2026/27-RFQ-03Closed as published on 11 October 2026
ONCE OFF SUPPLY & DELIVERY OF FOUR (4) PETROL POWERED WATER PUMPS
advertised 14 August 2026 · closes 20 August 2026 · Request for Quotation
JGDM2026/27-001Closed as published on 11 October 2026
CONSTRUCTION OF BULK SEWER LINES AND PUMPSTATIONS FOR MOKHESI NEXT TO STERKSPRUIT AS PART OF THE RBIG PROJECTS: STERKSPRUIT WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS AND ASSOCIATED BULK INFRASTRUCTURE
advertised 14 August 2026 · closes 14 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Municipalities of Joe Gqabi

2021 boundaries · turnout in the 2021 Local Government Elections

3 municipalities2021 boundaries
Name	Type	Turnout
Elundini	Local municipality	47,8%
Senqu	Local municipality	46,4%
Walter Sisulu	Local municipality	47,2%

District municipality record and boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) · MDB Local Municipalities 2021 (ArcGIS item 27bbdd5b041b4ba6b5707dfed5aa3923), GeoJSON export · retrieved 7 October 2026

Details

Source: MDB Local Municipalities 2021 (ArcGIS item 27bbdd5b041b4ba6b5707dfed5aa3923), GeoJSON export (external site)Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB)
Retrieved: 7 October 2026, 22:58 SAST
Fingerprint: 71b7c5ea0ae57bcc5c729d5072de31ba49a96c11f209781e80247d36ad8e237cSHA-256 of the exact file we loaded. Anyone holding the same file gets the same value.
Data load: Loaded, checked against the source’s own totals, and approved by an editor on 19 October 2026.
Terms: MDB terms for municipal and ward boundary data : released for public use with limited restrictions; not to be sold or appropriated for commercial use; may be used in research, publications and value-added products if the MDB is acknowledged as producer and custodian; changed data must not be passed on as an MDB product; faults to be reported to the MDB (SDI Act 54 of 2003).
Attribution: Boundary data: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), producer and custodian. Geometry simplified for display by Mandate SA; the simplified shapes are not an MDB product.