Nama Khoi Local Municipality elections

The Nama Khoi Local Municipality council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 no party won a majority on the council, with the African National Congress (ANC) winning the largest number of seats, seven.

Results

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.

Event	ANC	COPE	DA	Other	Total
2000 election	10	—	7	0	17
2006 election	9	—	2	6	17
2011 election	8	3	6	0	17
2016 election	8	1	7	1	17
2021 election	7	0	5	5	17

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.^[1]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	6,991	54.24	8	7,108	55.47	2	10
	Democratic Alliance	5,421	42.06	1	5,707	44.53	6	7
	Independent candidates	476	3.69	0				0
Total		12,888	100.00	9	12,815	100.00	8	17

Valid votes		12,888	98.31		12,815	97.76
Invalid/blank votes		221	1.69		294	2.24
Total votes		13,109	100.00		13,109	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		22,304	58.77		22,304	58.77

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.^[2]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	7,228	51.87	8	7,207	51.68	1	9
	Independent Democrats	4,711	33.80	1	4,683	33.58	5	6
	Democratic Alliance	1,830	13.13	0	1,907	13.68	2	2
	African Christian Democratic Party	167	1.20	0	148	1.06	0	0
Total		13,936	100.00	9	13,945	100.00	8	17

Valid votes		13,936	98.59		13,945	98.65
Invalid/blank votes		200	1.41		191	1.35
Total votes		14,136	100.00		14,136	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		25,779	54.84		25,779	54.84

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.^[3]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	8,871	48.90	6	8,868	48.94	2	8
	Democratic Alliance	6,293	34.69	3	6,455	35.62	3	6
	Congress of the People	2,978	16.41	0	2,798	15.44	3	3
Total		18,142	100.00	9	18,121	100.00	8	17

Valid votes		18,142	99.15		18,121	99.24
Invalid/blank votes		156	0.85		139	0.76
Total votes		18,298	100.00		18,260	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		27,265	67.11		27,265	66.97

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.^[4]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	7,812	46.75	7	7,792	46.71	1	8
	Democratic Alliance	6,737	40.32	2	6,958	41.71	5	7
	Khoisan Revolution	855	5.12	0	865	5.19	1	1
	Congress of the People	633	3.79	0	628	3.76	1	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	295	1.77	0	296	1.77	0	0
	Independent candidates	273	1.63	0				0
	Freedom Front Plus	105	0.63	0	143	0.86	0	0
Total		16,710	100.00	9	16,682	100.00	8	17

Valid votes		16,710	99.45		16,682	99.27
Invalid/blank votes		93	0.55		123	0.73
Total votes		16,803	100.00		16,805	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		28,971	58.00		28,971	58.01

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[5]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	6,625	42.36	7	6,513	41.66	0	7
	Democratic Alliance	4,665	29.83	1	4,739	30.31	4	5
	Namakwa Civic Movement	3,229	20.65	1	3,290	21.04	3	4
	Freedom Front Plus	223	1.43	0	234	1.50	1	1
	Khoisan Revolution	213	1.36	0	225	1.44	0	0
	Good	145	0.93	0	147	0.94	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	123	0.79	0	168	1.07	0	0
	Congress of the People	131	0.84	0	143	0.91	0	0
	Economic Freedom Fighters	115	0.74	0	120	0.77	0	0
	National Economic Fighters	132	0.84	0				0
	Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa	34	0.22	0	31	0.20	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	1	0.01	0	19	0.12	0	0
	South African Royal Kingdoms Organization	4	0.03	0	6	0.04	0	0
Total		15,640	100.00	9	15,635	100.00	8	17

Valid votes		15,640	98.90		15,635	98.87
Invalid/blank votes		174	1.10		179	1.13
Total votes		15,814	100.00		15,814	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		29,072	54.40		29,072	54.40

Following the election, the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Namakwa Civic Movement (NCM) formed a coalition.^[6]

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.^[7]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
14 May 2025^[6]	5		Namakwa Civic Movement		African National Congress
28 May 2025^[8]	6		African National Congress		African National Congress

After the 14 May 2024 by-election, the council was reconfigured as below:^[6]

The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) became the kingmaker and a required member for any governing coalition.

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^ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Nama Khoi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Nama Khoi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sussman, Wayne (15 May 2025). "Shifting political landscape: ANC holds steady in Gauteng's ward 24 after by-election". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
^ "Municipal By-elections results". Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
^ Sussman, Wayne (29 May 2025). "Historic win — Patriotic Alliance takes Sutherland ward off ANC in tight Northern Cape contest". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 29 May 2025.