Rand West City Local Municipality elections
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The Rand West City Local Municipality council consists of 69 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 35 councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 35 wards, while the remaining 34 are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.
It was established for the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Randfontein and Westonaria local municipalities.{{cite web|title=The Local Government Handbook|url=http://www.localgovernment.co.za/locals/view/236/Rand-West-City-Local-Municipality|accessdate=6 August 2016}} It is a division of the West Rand District Municipality.
In the election of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) lost their majority of seats on the council.
Results
The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
| class="wikitable" | ||||||||
| Event
! ANC ! APO ! DA ! EFF ! FF+ ! IFP ! RPP ! Other ! Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 election
| 37 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 69 |
| 2021 election
| 32 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 69 |
August 2016 election
{{main|2016 South African municipal elections}}
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Rand West City|url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2016/GT485 |access-date=2021-11-20 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}
{{Election results
|firstround=Ward |secondround=List
|party1=African National Congress |votes1=39954 |votes1_2=39865 |seats1=27 |seats1_2=10 |totseats1=37
|party2=Democratic Alliance |votes2=20500 |votes2_2=20313 |seats2=8 |seats2_2=11 |totseats2=19
|party3=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes3=9110 |votes3_2=9031 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=8 |totseats3=8
|party4=Randfontein Peoples Party |votes4=2429 |votes4_2=2537 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=2 |totseats4=2
|party5=Freedom Front Plus |votes5=1254 |votes5_2=1122 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=1 |totseats5=1
|party6=Azanian People's Organisation |votes6=789 |votes6_2=757 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=1 |totseats6=1
|party7=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes7=701 |votes7_2=724 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=1 |totseats7=1
|party8=Congress of the People |votes8=359 |votes8_2=348 |seats8=0 |seats8_2=0 |totseats8=0
|party9=United Democratic Movement |votes9=224 |votes9_2=326 |seats9=0 |seats9_2=0 |totseats9=0
|party10=Patriotic Alliance |votes10=240 |votes10_2=252 |seats10=0 |seats10_2=0 |totseats10=0
|party11=African Christian Democratic Party |votes11=114 |votes11_2=264 |seats11=0 |seats11_2=0 |totseats11=0
|party12=International Revelation Congress |votes12=101 |votes12_2=163 |seats12=0 |seats12_2=0 |totseats12=0
|party13=Independent candidates |votes13=105 |votes13_2= |seats13=0 |seats13_2= |totseats13=0
|party14=Pan Africanist Congress of Azania |votes14=27 |votes14_2= |seats14=0 |seats14_2= |totseats14=0
|invalid=1086 |invalid2=1180
|electorate=136276 |electorate2=136276
}}
November 2021 election
{{main|2021 South African municipal elections}}
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Rand West City|url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/GT485 |access-date=2021-11-20 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}
{{Election results
|firstround=Ward |secondround=List
|party1=African National Congress |votes1=24410 |votes1_2=25253 |seats1=27 |seats1_2=5 |totseats1=32
|party2=Democratic Alliance |votes2=12629 |votes2_2=12569 |seats2=8 |seats2_2=8 |totseats2=16
|party3=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes3=7953 |votes3_2=8537 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=11 |totseats3=11
|party4=Freedom Front Plus |votes4=2092 |votes4_2=2135 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=3 |totseats4=3
|party5=Patriotic Alliance |votes5=1513 |votes5_2=1571 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=2 |totseats5=2
|party6=Independent candidates |votes6=2618 |votes6_2= |seats6=0 |seats6_2= |totseats6=0
|party7=Azanian People's Organisation |votes7=715 |votes7_2=662 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=1 |totseats7=1
|party8=Randfontein Peoples Party |votes8=574 |votes8_2=756 |seats8=0 |seats8_2=1 |totseats8=1
|party9=African Independent Congress |votes9=488 |votes9_2=654 |seats9=0 |seats9_2=1 |totseats9=1
|party10=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes10=423 |votes10_2=562 |seats10=0 |seats10_2=1 |totseats10=1
|party11=African Christian Democratic Party |votes11=410 |votes11_2=480 |seats11=0 |seats11_2=1 |totseats11=1
|party12=Congress of the People |votes12=299 |votes12_2=287 |seats12=0 |seats12_2=0 |totseats12=0
|party13=United Democratic Movement |votes13=271 |votes13_2=303 |seats13=0 |seats13_2=0 |totseats13=0
|party14=African Transformation Movement |votes14=216 |votes14_2=289 |seats14=0 |seats14_2=0 |totseats14=0
|party15=Forum for Service Delivery |votes15=80 |votes15_2=177 |seats15=0 |seats15_2=0 |totseats15=0
|party16=Party of Action |votes16=106 |votes16_2=131 |seats16=0 |seats16_2=0 |totseats16=0
|party17=United Christian Democratic Party |votes17=55 |votes17_2=134 |seats17=0 |seats17_2=0 |totseats17=0
|party18=National Freedom Party |votes18=47 |votes18_2=75 |seats18=0 |seats18_2=0 |totseats18=0
|party19=South African Royal Kingdoms Organization |votes19=31 |votes19_2=60 |seats19=0 |seats19_2=0 |totseats19=0
|invalid=1074 |invalid2=1564
|electorate=131921 |electorate2=131921
}}
=By-elections from November 2021=
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from the election in November 2021.