Lephalale Local Municipality
Lephalale Local Municipality is located in the Waterberg District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Lephalale Local Municipality is Lephalale.
Politics
In the 2004 South African general election, the ANC won with an overwhelming majority of 88%, while the Democratic Alliance and Freedom Front Plus only received 7% and 2% respectively.In the 2009 South African general election, the ANC's support fell to 82.0%, while the DA increased their vote percentage to 8.5% and COPE, a newly formed party, gained 5.7% of the vote. The Freedom Front Plus, the now 4th largest part, lost some support to 1.61%, albeit only 17 fewer votes.
In the most recent 2014 South African general election, the ANC once again won overwhelmingly but again lost support, this time earning 73.8%. Much of its losses went to the new Economic Freedom Fighters which gained 10.9% and a third place. DA remained in second position and increased their support to 11.3%. COPE lost almost all its support and gained only 0.7%.
Local elections
The municipal council consists of twenty-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress won a majority of seventeen seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
| Bakenberg | 260.83 | 13,603 | Northern Sotho | |
| Ellisras | 3.22 | 1,572 | Afrikaans | |
| Kwarriehoek | 1.76 | 0 | - | |
| Marapong | 3.21 | 5,636 | Northern Sotho | |
| Onverwacht | 8.10 | 7,862 | Afrikaans | |
| Potgietersrus | 23.85 | 69 | Northern Sotho | |
| Seleka | 335.67 | 21,868 | Tswana | |
| Shongoane | 67.92 | 13,172 | Northern Sotho | |
| St Catherina | 1.79 | 939 | Northern Sotho | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 18,898.84 | 31,392 | Northern Sotho |