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Ratlou

14 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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  • Ratlou, Ngaka Modiri Molema
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

  • 34,7%–37,7%
  • 37,7%–43,0%
  • 43,0%–44,5%
  • 44,5%–47,6%
  • 47,6%–53,9%

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 Ratlou · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial
Valid votes
23 364
Turnout
48,0%
Registered
49 795
  1. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS73,5%
  2. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS12,1%
  3. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE3,6%
  4. FORUM 4 SERVICE DELIVERY2,9%
  5. UMKHONTO WESIZWE1,9%
  6. All others6,1%

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 CONGRESS67,7%
  2. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS12,8%
  3. FORUM 4 SERVICE DELIVERY9,5%
  4. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE4,0%
  5. UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY2,7%
  6. Others (3)3,4%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 453,9%
  2. Ward 149,5%
  3. Ward 847,6%
  4. Ward 1146,6%
  5. Ward 244,8%
  6. Ward 744,5%
  7. Ward 1243,7%
  8. Ward 643,3%
  9. Ward 1343,0%
  10. Ward 540,8%

All 14 wards

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 13 338 (67,7% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
47 187
Votes cast
20 293
Turnout
43,0%
Spoilt ballots
577
How many votes did each contestant receive?8 contestants · 19 716 valid votes · totals of 69 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS13 33867,7%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS2 51912,8%
FORUM 4 SERVICE DELIVERY1 8709,5%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE7914,0%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY5332,7%
FORUM FOR DEMOCRATS2361,2%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT2261,1%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS2031,0%

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

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Source
IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, North West (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

Ratlou 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 CONGRESS14519
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS033
FORUM 4 SERVICE DELIVERY033
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE011
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY011
Total141327

2021 seat calculation

Seats
27
Quota
1 452
Valid votes counted
39 197

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

Ratlou’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, North West (22 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, North West (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 7,1 million2023/24
Audit opinionDisclaimer of opinion2023/24 · Auditor-General

85 closed · 10 awarded · 6 cancelled · 2 published tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

  • NW381/BTOS03/2026/2027Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT AS A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF MSCOA FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM COMPLIANT FOR A PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS WITH AN OPTION OF FURTHER 2 YEARS

    advertised 30 September 2026 · closes 3 November 2026 · North West · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • NW381/CORPS03/2026/2027Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    ESTABLISHMENT OF AN APPROVED PANEL OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE (5) LEGAL SERVICES PRACTITIONERS FOR A PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS

    advertised 30 September 2026 · closes 5 November 2026 · North West · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • NW381/CORPS29-08/2026/2027Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF SERVICE PROVIDER FOR SERVICING OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS IN RATLOU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

    advertised 11 August 2026 · closes 20 August 2026 · Request for Quotation

  • NW381/CORPS28-07/2026/2027Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    PROVISION OF ASSESSMENT AND MODERATION SERVICES FOR NATIONAL CERTIFICATE - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: END USER COMPUTING FOR 2025/26 ACADEMIC YEAR

    advertised 11 August 2026 · closes 21 August 2026 · Request for Quotation

  • NW381/COMMSERV01/2026/2027Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    SUPPLY, DELIVERY, INSTALLATION AND SUPPORT OF A FULL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM VEHICLE

    advertised 16 July 2026 · closes 31 July 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Wards of Ratlou

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

14 wards2021 boundaries
WardCouncillor todayWon in 2021Turnout
Ward 1RAPITA SAMUEL TSHABANGAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS49,5%
Ward 2KELAE DOUGLAS GAASENWEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,8%
Ward 3MATLHOMOLA RONALD JAFTAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,8%
Ward 4THABANG JULIA MOTHIBEDIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS53,9%
Ward 5PULE JOHN SHAWEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,8%
Ward 6ABEL PHEHOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,3%
Ward 7NHLANHLA LEONARD SOKAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,5%
Ward 8MHLETJWA SIMON NQUMEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47,6%
Ward 9DANIEL RAMOKGATHALI SEJAMOHOLOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS37,7%
Ward 10DINKWETSE CONSTANCE SEBOLAIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS34,9%
Ward 11BAILE ANDREW MOSEPELEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,6%
Ward 12TSHEPISO REGINALD DIPHEKOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,7%
Ward 13VALENCIA JANTJIESAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,0%
Ward 14MOTSEWABANGWE DAVID SEITSHIROAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS34,7%

“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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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.