Lephalale Municipality (; ) is a local municipality within the Waterberg District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Lephalale.
Politics In the 2004 South African general election, the ANC won with an overwhelming majority of 88% (with 27,299 votes), while the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Freedom Front Plus (FF+, Afrikaans: VF+) only received 7% and 2% respectively.
In the 2009 South African general election, the ANC's support fell to 82.0% (24,451 votes), while the DA increased their vote percentage to 8.5% (2,521 votes) and COPE, a newly formed party, gained 5.7% (1,697 votes) of the vote. The Freedom Front Plus, the now 4th largest part, lost some support to 1.61% (480 votes), albeit only 17 fewer votes.elections.org.za
In the most recent 2014 South African general election, the ANC once again won overwhelmingly but again lost support, this time earning 73.8%. Much of its losses went to the new Economic Freedom Fighters which gained 10.9% and a third place. DA remained in second position and increased their support to 11.3%. COPE lost almost all its support and gained only 0.7%.
Local elections The municipal council consists of twenty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fourteen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of seventeen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. Party Votes Seats Ward List Total % Ward List Total 18,389 18,267 36,656 64.6 10 7 17 5,522 5,654 11,176 19.7 0 5 5 3,801 3,781 7,582 13.4 3 1 4 432 418 850 1.5 0 0 0 172 197 369 0.7 0 0 0 61 64 125 0.2 0 0 0 3 23 26 0.0 0 0 0 Total 28,380 28,404 56,784 100.0 13 13 26 Spoilt votes 523 451 974
Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language Bakenberg 91501260.8313,603Northern Sotho Ellisras (renamed Lephalale in 2002) 915023.221,572Afrikaans Kwarriehoek 915031.760 - Marapong 915053.215,636Northern Sotho Onverwacht 915068.107,862Afrikaans Potgietersrus 9150723.8569Northern Sotho Seleka 91508335.6721,868Tswana Shongoane 9150967.9213,172Northern Sotho St Catherina 915101.79939Northern Sotho Remainder of the municipality 9150418,898.8431,392Northern Sotho
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