The Govan Mbeki Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The council consists of sixty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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) lost its majority, but remained the largest party, winning twenty-six seats.

Results The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections. Event ACDP ANC DA EFF FF+ IFP PAC Other Total 2000 election 1 42 13 — — 1 1 3 61 2006 election 1 42 12 — 2 1 1 2 61 2011 election 0 45 16 — 1 0 0 1 63 2016 election — 36 15 9 2 0 — 1 63 2021 election — 26 17 13 3 1 — 3 63

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.

By-elections from August 2016 to November 2021 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the elections in August 2016 and November 2021.

Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 9 October 2019 108

In a by-election held on 9 October 2019, a ward previously held by a DA councillor was won by the ANC candidate. The council was reconfigured as seen below:

Party Ward PR list Total 27 10 37 5 9 14 0 9 9 0 2 2 0 1 1 Total 32 31 63

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 23 Nov 2022 25 8 Nov 2023 21 28 Feb 2024 4 5 Nov 2025 14

On 28 February 2024, the uMkhonto we Sizwe party contested its first election outside KwaZulu-Natal, finishing second on 28% behind the ANC on 51%.

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