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Maluti-a-Phofung

35 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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  • Maluti-a-Phofung, Thabo Mofutsanyane
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

  • 38,5%–42,9%
  • 42,9%–44,8%
  • 44,8%–46,8%
  • 46,8%–49,5%
  • 49,5%–68,4%

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 Maluti-a-Phofung · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial
Valid votes
91 637
Turnout
52,1%
Registered
179 265
  1. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS53,4%
  2. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE18,2%
  3. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS11,8%
  4. UMKHONTO WESIZWE5,1%
  5. AFRICAN CONTENT MOVEMENT2,6%
  6. All others9,0%

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 CONGRESS39,8%
  2. MAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENT28,3%
  3. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS10,1%
  4. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE7,4%
  5. DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA4,7%
  6. Others (15)9,7%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 2168,4%
  2. Ward 1855,0%
  3. Ward 1954,6%
  4. Ward 3151,3%
  5. Ward 750,6%
  6. Ward 549,6%
  7. Ward 1049,5%
  8. Ward 1248,6%
  9. Ward 348,2%
  10. Ward 948,1%

All 35 wards

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 31 803 (39,8% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
175 983
Votes cast
81 498
Turnout
46,3%
Spoilt ballots
1 633
How many votes did each contestant receive?20 contestants · 79 865 valid votes · totals of 231 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS31 80339,8%
MAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENT22 62728,3%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS8 04310,1%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE5 9017,4%
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA3 7604,7%
AFRICAN CONTENT MOVEMENT1 5441,9%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT1 3881,7%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS9781,2%
ALL UNEMPLOYMENT LABOUR ALLIANCE5340,7%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS4840,6%
Others (10 contestants together)2 8033,5%
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All 20 contestants20 contestants · 79 865 valid votes · totals of 231 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS31 80339,8%
MAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENT22 62728,3%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS8 04310,1%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE5 9017,4%
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA3 7604,7%
AFRICAN CONTENT MOVEMENT1 5441,9%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT1 3881,7%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS9781,2%
ALL UNEMPLOYMENT LABOUR ALLIANCE5340,7%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS4840,6%
SOUTH AFRICAN ROYAL KINGDOMS ORGANIZATION4800,6%
IKEMELENG FREE STATE4310,5%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION3880,5%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY3690,5%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY3390,4%
AGENCY FOR NEW AGENDA1900,2%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE1730,2%
AFRIKAN ALLIANCE OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATS1720,2%
AL JAMA-AH1540,2%
DISABILITY AND OLDER PERSON POLITICAL PARTY1070,1%

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

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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

Maluti-a-Phofung 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 CONGRESS21728
MAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENT13720
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS077
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE145
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA033
AFRICAN CONTENT MOVEMENT022
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS011
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT011
ALL UNEMPLOYMENT LABOUR ALLIANCE011
SOUTH AFRICAN ROYAL KINGDOMS ORGANIZATION011
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS011
Total353570

2021 seat calculation

Seats
70
Quota
2 248
Valid votes counted
157 298

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

Maluti-a-Phofung’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 0 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, Free State (23 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.
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IEC — List of current ward councillors, Free State (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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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 74 million2023/24
Audit opinionOutstanding2023/24 · Auditor-General

67 closed · 25 awarded · 8 published · 4 cancelled tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

  • SCM/BID08/2026/2027Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF A PANEL OF A MAXIMUM OF THREE (03) MEDICAL DOCTORS AND THREE (03) PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR MAP EMPLOYEES FOR A PERIOD OF TWO (02) YEARS

    advertised 23 September 2026 · closes 5 November 2026 · Free State · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • SCM/BID09/2026/2027Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF A PANEL OF A MAXIMUM OF THREE (03) TRAVILLING AGENCIES,FOR A PERIOD OF TWELVE (12) MONTHS

    advertised 23 September 2026 · closes 15 October 2026 · Free State · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • SCM/BID10/2026/2027Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF A SERVICE PROVIDER:TSHIAME B/KHALANYONI:UPGRADING OF BULK AND SEWER NETWORK SERVICES

    advertised 18 September 2026 · closes 5 November 2026 · Free State · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • SCM/BID11/2026/2027Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF A SERVICE PROVIDER:SUPPLY,DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION OF SMART BULK WATER MATERS IN MALUTI-A-PHOFUNG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

    advertised 18 September 2026 · closes 5 November 2026 · Free State · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • SCM/BID07/2026/2027Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE GRAP COMPILATION FIXED ASSETS REGISTER FOR THE MUNICIPALITY FOR PERIOD OF THREE (03) YEARS

    advertised 16 September 2026 · closes 29 October 2026 · Free State · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Wards of Maluti-a-Phofung

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

35 wards2021 boundaries
WardCouncillor todayWon in 2021Turnout
Ward 1MANDLENKOSI WISEMAN DLAMINIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,3%
Ward 2KEMELO PEACE MOLOIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS39,4%
Ward 3JAPIE MAHLOLA MOKOENAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS48,2%
Ward 4THEMBINKOSI JOSIA MAHLAMBIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,1%
Ward 5AARON NEO MOTAUNGAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS49,6%
Ward 6ELEANOR QUINTADEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47,7%
Ward 7MATRSHIDISO AUGUSTINA MOFOKENG TSOEUMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENTMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENT50,6%
Ward 8KGAUTA LAZARUS MOTAUNGMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENTMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENT46,8%
Ward 9NTHATI PHILLIP MOKOENAMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENTMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENT48,1%
Ward 10MOJALEFA ISHMAEL NALEDIMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENTMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENT49,5%
Ward 11JOSEPH RANTSANEMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENTMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENT44,5%
Ward 12MALEFO JOHANNES MOPELOAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS48,6%
Ward 13JOSEPH MALEMOHA MOKOENIHIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,1%
Ward 14PULANE GRANY MAKAEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS42,9%
Ward 15MABITLE JOHANNES MOLOIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,9%
Ward 16MOHAPI LETEKA HLALELEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,8%
Ward 17MMADISEMELO ELIZABETH MOLOIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,3%
Ward 18LERATO BERNARD SESOAIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS55,0%
Ward 19DITABA JOHANNES NHLAPOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS54,6%
Ward 20ISAAK NARE RAMOHLOKIMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENTMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENT44,9%
Ward 21ANDRIES SOTHOANEMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENTMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENT68,4%
Ward 22BAFANA GEORGE HLUBIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47,3%
Ward 23DIPHAPANG ELIAS SEFATSAMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENTMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENT48,0%
Ward 24SHASHAPA JOSHUA MOTAUNGMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENTMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENT43,5%
Ward 25MATHAPELO EMILY MAHAMOTSAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,4%
Ward 26ALFRED RAMOCHELAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,8%
Ward 27THUSO PETER MABOEAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,3%
Ward 28MARY CROCKETTAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS42,4%
Ward 29MAFOLE JOHN RALETHOHLANEMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENTMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENT38,5%
Ward 30MOSELE MERIAM DLAMINIMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENTMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENT46,6%
Ward 31MONGEZI JACOB MALAOANEMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENTMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENT51,3%
Ward 32HLABATHE DESMOND DLAMINIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,6%
Ward 33MOSES CHRISTOPHER MOLOIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS39,9%
Ward 34TEBOHO RYMOND MOHLEKWAMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENTMAPSIXTEEN CIVIC MOVEMENT40,2%
Ward 35MARIA MAMOTSEARE LAKAJE-MOSIAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,6%

“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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Boundary data: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), producer and custodian. Geometry simplified for display by Mandate SA; the simplified shapes are not an MDB product.