The Port St. Johns Local Municipality council consists of thirty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining nineteen 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-one seats.
Results The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections. Event ANC CIV DA EFF IND UDM Other Total 2000 election 18 — — — 1 6 — 25 2006 election 28 — — — 1 2 0 31 2011 election 32 — 2 — 3 1 1 39 2016 election 31 3 2 1 0 2 0 39 2021 election 31 1 1 3 0 1 2 39
December 2000 election
The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.
March 2006 election
The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.
May 2011 election
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.
August 2016 election
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.
November 2021 election
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
By-elections from November 2021 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.
Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 14 Jun 2023 2 4 Dec 2024 11
After the resignation of the previous ward two councillor, a by-election was held on 14 June 2023. In 2021, the African National Congress (ANC) won the ward by 49 votes over independent candidate Patric Nomarhobo. For the by-election, it recruited Nomarhobo and won the seat with a solid 72% of the vote. The Democratic Alliance (DA) improved from 10% to 22% to finish second.
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