Govan Mbeki Local Municipality elections
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 2021 [South African municipal elections|election of 1 November 2021] the African National Congress 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 | African [Christian Democratic Party|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.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:
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.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%.