Sunday's River Valley Local Municipality elections

The Sunday's River Valley Local Municipality council consists of sixteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining eight 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) won a majority of ten seats.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	Other	Total
2000 election	11	2	—	—	13
2006 election	12	2	—	0	14
2011 election	12	3	—	1	16
2016 election	11	4	1	0	16
2021 election	10	4	1	1	16

December 2000 election

Main article: 2000 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	8,607	83.39	7	10,069	83.81	4	11
	Democratic Alliance	1,715	16.61	0	1,945	16.19	2	2
Total		10,322	100.00	7	12,014	100.00	6	13
Valid votes		10,322	98.38		12,014	98.23
Invalid/blank votes		170	1.62		217	1.77
Total votes		10,492	100.00		12,231	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,273	51.75		20,273	60.33

March 2006 election

Main article: 2006 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	12,153	87.14	7	12,092	86.99	5	12
	Democratic Alliance	1,444	10.35	0	1,374	9.88	2	2
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	284	2.04	0	309	2.22	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	66	0.47	0	125	0.90	0	0
Total		13,947	100.00	7	13,900	100.00	7	14
Valid votes		13,947	98.38		13,900	98.18
Invalid/blank votes		230	1.62		258	1.82
Total votes		14,177	100.00		14,158	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		23,575	60.14		23,575	60.06

May 2011 election

Main article: 2011 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	10,898	68.43	6	11,923	78.55	6	12
	Democratic Alliance	2,805	17.61	1	3,256	21.45	2	3
	Independent candidates	2,223	13.96	1				1
Total		15,926	100.00	8	15,179	100.00	8	16
Valid votes		15,926	97.79		15,179	92.51
Invalid/blank votes		360	2.21		1,229	7.49
Total votes		16,286	100.00		16,408	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		25,366	64.20		25,366	64.69

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	10,540	71.55	7	10,478	71.17	4	11
	Democratic Alliance	3,189	21.65	1	3,206	21.78	3	4
	Economic Freedom Fighters	758	5.15	0	727	4.94	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	243	1.65	0	236	1.60	0	0
	United Democratic Movement				76	0.52	0	0
Total		14,730	100.00	8	14,723	100.00	8	16
Valid votes		14,730	98.86		14,723	98.77
Invalid/blank votes		170	1.14		183	1.23
Total votes		14,900	100.00		14,906	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		25,839	57.66		25,839	57.69

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	7,179	63.20	7	7,258	63.83	3	10
	Democratic Alliance	2,456	21.62	1	2,471	21.73	3	4
	Economic Freedom Fighters	631	5.56	0	647	5.69	1	1
	Good	241	2.12	0	582	5.12	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	254	2.24	0	264	2.32	0	0
	Independent candidates	509	4.48	0				0
	African Transformation Movement	49	0.43	0	85	0.75	0	0
	Compatriots of South Africa	40	0.35	0	64	0.56	0	0
Total		11,359	100.00	8	11,371	100.00	8	16
Valid votes		11,359	97.96		11,371	97.94
Invalid/blank votes		236	2.04		239	2.06
Total votes		11,595	100.00		11,610	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		25,034	46.32		25,034	46.38