JB Marks Local Municipality elections

The JB Marks Local Municipality council consists of sixty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-three 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) narrowly lost their majority, winning thirty-three seats.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	FF+	Other	Total
2016 election	34	22	5	4	2	67
2021 election	33	17	6	9	2	67

August 2016 election

Main article: 2016 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	33,420	51.02	24	33,269	50.71	10	34
	Democratic Alliance	21,009	32.07	10	21,222	32.35	12	22
	Economic Freedom Fighters	4,927	7.52	0	4,885	7.45	5	5
	Freedom Front Plus	3,586	5.47	0	3,471	5.29	4	4
	Independent Councillors	2,101	3.21	0	2,036	3.10	2	2
	Congress of the People	21	0.03	0	574	0.87	0	0
	Independent candidates	396	0.60	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	44	0.07	0	151	0.23	0	0
Total		65,504	100.00	34	65,608	100.00	33	67
Valid votes		65,504	98.25		65,608	97.95
Invalid/blank votes		1,169	1.75		1,374	2.05
Total votes		66,673	100.00		66,982	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		116,321	57.32		116,321	57.58

November 2021 election

Main article: 2021 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	24,702	48.29	24	24,209	47.72	9	33
	Democratic Alliance	12,950	25.31	9	12,887	25.40	8	17
	Freedom Front Plus	6,910	13.51	1	6,890	13.58	8	9
	Economic Freedom Fighters	4,555	8.90	0	4,645	9.16	6	6
	Patriotic Alliance	1,068	2.09	0	1,321	2.60	2	2
	Independent candidates	450	0.88	0				0
	Black First Land First	228	0.45	0	200	0.39	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	179	0.35	0	161	0.32	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	38	0.07	0	292	0.58	0	0
	Forum for Service Delivery	76	0.15	0	128	0.25	0	0
Total		51,156	100.00	34	50,733	100.00	33	67
Valid votes		51,156	98.06		50,733	97.81
Invalid/blank votes		1,013	1.94		1,136	2.19
Total votes		52,169	100.00		51,869	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		113,218	46.08		113,218	45.81