The Electoral Commission has gazetted the names and the final allocation of seats of the 9 473 councillors who have won seats in the 2021 Municipal Elections, held on 1 November 2021. The published list excludes the 60% councillor seats in District Councils. These councillors will be elected at the first meeting of local municipal councils.
In terms of electoral prescripts, the Commission is required to declare the results of an election. A full list of the gazetted names can be found on https://bit.ly/3qiAQR7.
The 213 municipal councils across the country now have 14 days within which to hold their first meetings. Municipal managers bear responsibility for convening these first council meetings.
In the first meeting of local councils, the Commission will be conducting elections for the councillors who will be representing those local councils on District Councils. This segment of the composition of the District Councils constitute 60% of seats. The first meeting of district councils will naturally be preceded by the first meetings of local councils.
Today, the Commission also shares with the public, the final list of the 70 councils where no political party achieved an outright majority. The final includes five (5) municipalities where there are two leading parties with the same number of seats. The list can be found at https://bit.ly/3EWu33B
The following detailed numbers breaks down the profiling of the elected councillors starting this term of five years.
|
Age band
|
Councillors count
|
%
|
|
20 - 29
|
398
|
4,20%
|
|
30 - 39
|
2 571
|
27,14%
|
|
40 - 49
|
3 273
|
34,55%
|
|
50 - 59
|
2 223
|
23,47%
|
|
60 - 69
|
883
|
9,32%
|
|
70 - 79
|
121
|
1,28%
|
|
80+
|
4
|
0,04%
|
|
9 473
|
100,00%
|
The youngest councillor at the age of
20 was elected in the municipal council of Merafong in Gauteng, whilst the
oldest councillor at age 83 was elected in KwaZulu-Natal in the municipality of
Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
There were 5 975 male
councillors elected representing 63% and 3 498 female councillors elected giving
a percentage of 37%. Of the total male councillors elected, 2 712 came from
proportional representation (PR) lists, 3 214 from wards and a further 49 were
independents contesting wards.
Of the total female
councillors elected, 2 294 were elected from PR lists, 1 202 from wards and a
further two (2) were independents who contested wards.
Of the 325 political parties
which contested the elections, 167 managed to secure a seat in a council. 51
independent candidates managed to win wards in the various councils across the
country.
There are 3 841 councillors
who are returning to councils and 5 632 new councillors.
Regrettably, one elected PR
councillor in the Emalahleni municipality in Mpumalanga is now deceased. This
elected councillor will be replaced in terms of prescribed PR replacement
procedures.
The Commission wishes the elected
public representatives well.