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Capricorn

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

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  • Capricorn, Limpopo
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections

  • 43,0%–43,3%
  • 43,3%–44,5%
  • 44,5%–46,1%
  • 46,1%–46,1%

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

  1. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS66,2%
  2. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS21,2%
  3. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE5,6%
  4. DEFENDERS OF THE PEOPLE1,4%
  5. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS1,2%
  6. Others (14)4,4%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by municipality

  1. Molemole46,1%
  2. Blouberg44,5%
  3. Polokwane43,3%
  4. Lepelle-Nkumpi43,0%

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

District council PR ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 163 272 (66,2% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
577 838
Votes cast
252 524
Turnout
43,7%
Spoilt ballots
5 795
How many votes did each contestant receive?19 contestants · 246 729 valid votes · totals of 659 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS163 27266,2%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS52 36521,2%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE13 6975,6%
DEFENDERS OF THE PEOPLE3 5051,4%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS3 0831,2%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1 4890,6%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS1 1950,5%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA1 1540,5%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT1 1510,5%
MAGOSHI SWARANANG MOVEMENT1 1410,5%
Others (9 contestants together)4 6771,9%
Show all 19 contestants
All 19 contestants19 contestants · 246 729 valid votes · totals of 659 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS163 27266,2%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS52 36521,2%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE13 6975,6%
DEFENDERS OF THE PEOPLE3 5051,4%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS3 0831,2%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1 4890,6%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS1 1950,5%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA1 1540,5%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT1 1510,5%
MAGOSHI SWARANANG MOVEMENT1 1410,5%
KINGDOM COVENANT DEMOCRATIC PARTY8610,3%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE7210,3%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION6930,3%
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE6320,3%
DEMOCRATIC ARTISTS PARTY4790,2%
FORUM 4 SERVICE DELIVERY3910,2%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT3760,2%
MOVEMENT FOR TOTAL LIBERATION3060,1%
PROPHETIC MOVEMENT ARMY2180,1%

Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, Limpopo (CSV) · retrieved

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IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, Limpopo (CSV) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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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

Capricorn 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
PartySeats
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS15
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS5
DEFENDERS OF THE PEOPLE1
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE1
Total22

2021 seat calculation

Elected seats
22
Quota
11 215
Valid votes counted
246 729

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

Capricorn’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, Limpopo (27 councils) · retrieved

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IEC — Seat Calculation Detail, 2021 Local Government Elections, Limpopo (27 councils) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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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 215 million2023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - No findings2023/24 · Auditor-General

177 closed · 105 awarded · 23 cancelled · 5 published tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

  • COR-A07/2026/2027Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    SERVICING, REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE OF FIRE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT SERVICES VEHICLES

    advertised 9 October 2026 · closes 10 November 2026 · Limpopo · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • COR- IT28/2025/2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    INSTALLATION, SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF ACCCESS CONTROL AND CAMERA SYSTEM. (RE-ADVERT)

    advertised 25 September 2026 · closes 30 October 2026 · Limpopo · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • INF-W06/2026/2027Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    PHASHA WATER SUPPLY CONTRACT B

    advertised 14 September 2026 · closes 19 October 2026 · Limpopo · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • COR-A05/2026/2027Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    MAINTENANCE OF FIRE SUPRESSION SYSTEM, PANELS AND FIRE DETECTORS FOR A PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS

    advertised 10 September 2026 · closes 15 October 2026 · Limpopo · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • DEPMS-IDP12/2025/2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    TOWNSHIP ESTABISHMENT-RE- ADVERT

    advertised 10 September 2026 · closes 15 October 2026 · Limpopo · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Municipalities of Capricorn

2021 boundaries · turnout in the 2021 Local Government Elections

4 municipalities2021 boundaries
NameTypeTurnout
BloubergLocal municipality44,5%
MolemoleLocal municipality46,1%
PolokwaneLocal municipality43,3%
Lepelle-NkumpiLocal municipality43,0%

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

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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.