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Senqu

17 wards on the 2021 boundaries. Official results of the 2021 Local Government Elections below (the latest verified for this place), with their sources. The latest national and provincial result here is the 2024 National and Provincial Elections.

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  • Senqu, Joe Gqabi
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

  • 40,5%–44,0%
  • 44,0%–45,4%
  • 45,4%–47,5%
  • 47,5%–49,8%
  • 49,8%–51,0%

Votes cast ÷ registered voters, per ward. Classes split the wards shown into equal groups.

MDB 2021 boundaries · select an area to open it

2024 National and Provincial Elections

29 May 2024 · National ballot · Counted in Senqu · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial
Valid votes
34 820
Turnout
54,9%
Registered
64 447
  1. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS74,9%
  2. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS10,3%
  3. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE4,5%
  4. UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT2,2%
  5. ACTIONSA1,3%
  6. All others6,7%

National and provincial elections are a different election from local ones; each is shown with its own year. Full 2024 results

Share of valid votes

Proportional representation (PR) ballot · 2021 Local Government Elections · official result

  1. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS74,2%
  2. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS11,4%
  3. STERKSPRUIT CIVIC ASSOCIATION4,5%
  4. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE3,4%
  5. PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA2,0%
  6. Others (5)4,5%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 651,0%
  2. Ward 950,7%
  3. Ward 1450,1%
  4. Ward 1249,8%
  5. Ward 1148,5%
  6. Ward 848,0%
  7. Ward 547,5%
  8. Ward 1647,0%
  9. Ward 1346,6%
  10. Ward 246,3%

All 17 wards

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 20 272 (74,2% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
60 187
Votes cast
27 932
Turnout
46,4%
Spoilt ballots
620
How many votes did each contestant receive?10 contestants · 27 312 valid votes · totals of 97 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS20 27274,2%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS3 12511,4%
STERKSPRUIT CIVIC ASSOCIATION1 2214,5%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE9413,4%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA5362,0%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT3631,3%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS2851,0%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT2470,9%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION1820,7%
ARUSHA ECONOMIC COALITION1400,5%

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

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Source
IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, Eastern Cape (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

Senqu Local Municipality Council: seats won in the 2021 Local Government Elections, as the IEC calculated them

Seats by party, 2021IEC seat calculation printed 22 November 2021
PartyWardPRSeats
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS17825
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS044
STERKSPRUIT CIVIC ASSOCIATION022
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE011
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA011
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT011
Total171734

2021 seat calculation

Seats
34
Quota
1 576
Valid votes counted
53 580

Proportional representation: each party’s total follows its share of the PR and ward votes; its ward winners count first and PR list members fill the rest.

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

Senqu’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.

“Ward seats today”: the IEC’s list of current ward councillors and, for the 1 wards that list leaves out after a by-election, the candidate that by-election elected (the list omits by-election winners). Neither source dates when a councillor left office.

Sources: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 2 official files · retrieved

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IEC — Seat Calculation Detail, 2021 Local Government Elections, Eastern Cape (39 councils) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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Attribution
Seat calculations: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za.
Source
IEC — List of current ward councillors, Eastern Cape (33 councils), 2026-10-09 (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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Attribution
Ward councillors: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), www.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 5,8 million2023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - No findings2023/24 · Auditor-General

206 closed · 4 published · 2 cancelled tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

  • 27 2026 2027 TAdvertised as published on 11 October 2026

    Repairs, Purchase & Installing of Engine for Tractor Loader Backhoe

    advertised 2 October 2026 · closes 13 October 2026 · Eastern Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • 29 2026 2027TAdvertised as published on 11 October 2026

    REPAIRS OF NISSAN UD 80 TRUCK

    advertised 2 October 2026 · closes 13 October 2026 · Eastern Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • 28 2026 2027 TAdvertised as published on 11 October 2026

    SERVICE AND REPAIR OF 5 VEHICLES

    advertised 2 October 2026 · closes 13 October 2026 · Eastern Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • SNQ 03_2026-2027Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    Panel of Service Providers for the Supply & Delivery of Road Maintenance materials for the period of 3 Years

    advertised 11 September 2026 · closes 13 October 2026 · Eastern Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • 10/2026-2027TClosed as published on 11 October 2026

    Supply and Delivery of Cleaning Tools and Equipment for Two Years.

    advertised 17 August 2026 · closes 15 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Wards of Senqu

With each ward’s councillor as the IEC lists today, the party that won it in 2021, and its turnout

17 wards2021 boundaries
WardCouncillor todayWon in 2021Turnout
Ward 1THULISA MBANEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,4%
Ward 2CECILIA PULANE MMELEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,3%
Ward 3SAMUEL MCHUMANE NTLWATINIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,5%
Ward 4MZWANDILE THEO MBIJEKANAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,4%
Ward 5NTOMBOVUYO MONICA SEBATANAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS · elected at the by-election of 19 July 2023AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47,5%
Ward 6MZUVELILE ELLIOT MBUTYAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS51,0%
Ward 7ZANDISILE ISHMAEL MANGCIPUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,1%
Ward 8KOLIWE SANNA MPITI-XHELESHAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS48,0%
Ward 9JOSEPH DUMISANI SOMSILAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS50,7%
Ward 10SIMON MFISAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,3%
Ward 11TEMBA JOSEPH NONJOLAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS48,5%
Ward 12BUSAPHI CHRISTOPHER DUBAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS49,8%
Ward 13MELISIZWE MCDONALD KAFILEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,6%
Ward 14THINJIWE MIRRIAM DUMZELAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS50,1%
Ward 15MAHLUBI PHUZAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,4%
Ward 16MLIFI AMOS MSHASHAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47,0%
Ward 17AKHONA MVELASEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,0%

“Won in 2021”: the IEC’s ward-ballot results of the 2021 Local Government Elections, the latest general local election with verified results (sources on each ward’s page); by-elections since then are on each ward’s page. “Councillor today”: the IEC’s list of current ward councillors, read 9 October 2026, or, for a ward it leaves out, the latest by-election result.

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

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Source
MDB Local Municipalities 2021 (ArcGIS item 27bbdd5b041b4ba6b5707dfed5aa3923), GeoJSON export (external site)Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB)
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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.