Tswelopele Local Municipality

Tswelopele Municipality is a Local [municipality (South Africa)|local municipality] within the Lejweleputswa District Municipality, in the Free State (South [African province)|Free State] province of South Africa. Tswelopele is a Sesotho word meaning "progress".

Main places

The South [African National Census of 2001|2001 census] divided the municipality into the following main places:

Place	Code	Area	Population	Most spoken language
Bultfontein		42.75	1,034	Afrikaans
Hoopstad		28.34	662	Afrikaans
Phahameng		3.37	20,063	Sotho
Tikwana		1.73	11,032	Sotho
Remainder of the municipality		6,447.20	20,913	Sotho

The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining seven 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] the African National Congress won a reduced majority of ten seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.