Modimolle–Mookgophong Local Municipality
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| name = Modimolle–Mookgophong
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| settlement_type = Local municipality
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| image_map = Map of Limpopo with Modimolle Mookgophong highlighted (2016).svg
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = South Africa
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Limpopo
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Waterberg
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| government_type = Municipal council
| leader_party = ANC
| leader_title = Mayor
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| area_footnotes = Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/979 Mookgophong], [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/980 Modimolle].
| area_total_km2 = 10367
| population_total = 130,113
| population_as_of = 2022
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup {{nobold|(2022)}}
| demographics1_title1 = {{nobold|Black African}}
| demographics1_info1 = 81.2%
| demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|Coloured}}
| demographics1_info2 = 0.4%
| demographics1_title3 = {{nobold|Indian/Asian}}
| demographics1_info3 = 0.5%
| demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|White African}}
| demographics1_info4 = 17.6%
| timezone1 = SAST
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| blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code
| blank_info_sec1 = LIM368
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Modimolle–Mookgophong Municipality ({{langx|nso|Mmasepala wa Modimolle–Mookgophong}}; {{langx|af|Modimolle–Mookgophong Munisipaliteit}}; {{langx|ts|Masipala wa Modimolle–Mookgophong}}){{cite news |title=Notice in terms of section 16(3) of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998): official names of LIM 345, LIM 368 and LIM 476 local municipalities |first=Jerry |last=Ndou |newspaper=Limpopo Provincial Gazette |volume=24 |issue=2864 |date=10 November 2017 |location=Polokwane |publisher=Government Printer |url=https://archive.opengazettes.org.za/archive/ZA-LP/2017/provincial-gazette-ZA-LP-vol-24-no-2864-dated-2017-11-10.pdf |access-date=2021-05-08}} is a local municipality within the Waterberg District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Mookgophong and Modimolle local municipalities. As of 2022, the total population is 130,113.
Politics
{{main|Modimolle–Mookgophong Local Municipality elections}}
The municipal council consists of twenty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine 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.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Modimolle/Mookgophong |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/LIM368/short |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}
{{Election results
|firstround=Ward |secondround=List
|party1=African National Congress |votes1=12386 |votes1_2=12363 |seats1=12 |seats1_2=2 |totseats1=14
|party2=Democratic Alliance |votes2=5708 |votes2_2=5798 |seats2=1 |seats2_2=6 |totseats2=7
|party3=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes3=3635 |votes3_2=3648 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=4 |totseats3=4
|party4=Freedom Front Plus |votes4=2578 |votes4_2=2530 |seats4=1 |seats4_2=2 |totseats4=3
|party5=9 other parties |votes5=495 |votes5_2=525 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=0 |totseats5=0
|invalid=300 |invalid2=394
|electorate=50580 |electorate2=50580
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References
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Category:Local municipalities of the Waterberg District Municipality