Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality

Lekwa-Teemane Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Lekwa-Teemane; Afrikaans: Lekwa-Teemane Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, located in the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Christiana.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Place	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Bloemhof	68.09	4,987	Afrikaans
Boitumelong	3.14	23,155	Tswana
Christiana	59.91	4,862	Afrikaans
Utlwanang	2.34	11,701	Tswana
Remainder of the municipality	3,572.35	4,366	Tswana

The municipal council consists of fourteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven 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 election of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) lost their outright majority on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.

Party	Ward	List	Total seats
Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	5,364	47.83	5	5,334	48.52	2	7
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,597	23.16	1	2,659	24.19	3	4
	Democratic Alliance	1,021	9.10	1	1,035	9.41	0	1
	Freedom Front Plus	743	6.63	0	725	6.59	1	1
	Forum for Service Delivery	651	5.80	0	667	6.07	1	1
	Independent candidates	526	4.69	0		0
	4 other parties	313	2.79	0	574	5.22	0	0
Total	11,215	100.00	7	10,994	100.00	7	14

Valid votes	11,215	98.41		10,994	97.85
Invalid/blank votes	181	1.59		242	2.15
Total votes	11,396	100.00		11,236	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	23,665	48.16		23,665	47.48

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