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Template:Infobox South African municipality Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality (until 28 January 2010 named Greater Marble Hall Local Municipality) is located in the Sekhukhune District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality is Marble Hall.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[1]

Place	Code	Area (km²)	Population	Most spoken language
Elandskraal	98301	2.34	5,590	Northern Sotho
Marble Hall	88302	7.76	2,780	Afrikaans
Matlala	98302	678.08	35,108	Northern Sotho
Mokerong	98303	61.02	0	-
Moutse 1	88303	167.51	36,941	Northern Sotho
Nebo	98304	0.25	1,185	Northern Sotho
Potgietersrus	98305	2.62	1,405	Northern Sotho
Rahlangane Part 1	98306	61.65	18,695	Northern Sotho
Rahlangane Part 2	88304	1.58	39	Northern Sotho
Van der Merwe's Kraal	98307	2.05	4,877	Northern Sotho
Remainder of the municipality	88301	807.00	14,686	Northern Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Sixteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in sixteen wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 (ANC) won a majority of twenty seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[2]^[3]

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politics)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF6600;" data-sort-value="Freedom Front Plus" |

Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
ANC	16,053	17,452	33,505	61.0	14	6	20
EFF	4,924	5,614	10,538	19.2	0	7	7
DA	1,785	2,067	3,852	7.0	1	2	3
Independent	3,783	–	3,783	6.9	1	–	1
VF+	342	319	661	1.2	0	1	1
	Others	1,137	1,481	2,618	4.8	0	0	0
Total		28,024	26,933	54,957	100.0	16	16	32
Spoilt votes		507	1,538	2,045

References

^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Ephraim Mogale" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Ephraim Mogale" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

External links

Official website

[1] Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] "Results Summary – All Ballots: Ephraim Mogale" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

[3] "Seat Calculation Detail: Ephraim Mogale" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

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 == Politics ==
-The municipal council consists of thirty-two members elected by [[mixed-member proportional representation]]. Sixteen councillors are elected by [[first-past-the-post voting]] in sixteen [[ward (South Africa)|wards]], while the remaining sixteen are chosen from [[party list]]s so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the [[South African municipal election, 2011|election of 18 May 2011]], the [[African National Congress]] (ANC) won a majority of twenty-three seats on the council.
+The municipal council consists of thirty-two members elected by [[mixed-member proportional representation]]. Sixteen councillors are elected by [[first-past-the-post voting]] in sixteen [[ward (South Africa)|wards]], while the remaining sixteen are chosen from [[party list]]s so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the [[South African municipal election, 2016|election of 3 August 2016]], the [[African National Congress]] (ANC) won a majority of twenty seats on the council.
-The following table shows the results of the election.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/197/Detailed%20Results/NP/LIM471.pdf |title=Results Summary – All Ballots: Greater Marble Hall |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |accessdate=24 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/197/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/NP/LIM471.pdf |title=Seat Calculation Detail: Greater Marble Hall |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |accessdate=24 November 2013}}</ref>
+The following table shows the results of the election.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Detailed%20Results/NP/LIM471.pdf |title=Results Summary – All Ballots: Ephraim Mogale |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |accessdate=26 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/NP/LIM471.pdf |title=Seat Calculation Detail: Ephraim Mogale |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |accessdate=26 January 2017}}</ref>
 {| class=wikitable style="text-align:right"
 !rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Party !!colspan="4" align="center"| Votes !!colspan="3" align="center"| Seats
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 |-
 {{Party name with colour |African National Congress}}
-| 17,424 || 18,981 || 36,405 || 69.8 || 14 || 9 || 23
+| 16,053 || 17,452 || 33,505 || 61.0 || 14 || 6 || 20
 |-
-{{Party name with colour |Mpumalanga Party |colour=lightgrey |shortname=Mpumalanga Party}}
+{{Party name with colour |Economic Freedom Fighters}}
-| 2,325 || 2,837 || 5,162 || 9.9 || 0 || 3 || 3
+| 4,924 || 5,614 || 10,538 || 19.2 || 0 || 7 || 7
-|-
-{{Party name with colour |Independent (politics)}}
-| 3,819 || – || 3,819 || 7.3 || 2 || – || 2
 |-
 {{Party name with colour |Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}
-| 1,603 || 1,742 || 3,345 || 6.4 || 0 || 2 || 2
+| 1,785 || 2,067 || 3,852 || 7.0 || 1 || 2 || 3
 |-
-{{Party name with colour |Congress of the People (South African political party)}}
+{{Party name with colour |Independent (politics)}}
-| 571 || 923 || 1,494 || 2.9 || 0 || 1 || 1
+| 3,783 || – || 3,783 || 6.9 || 1 || – || 1
-|-
-{{Party name with colour |Pan Africanist Congress of Azania}}
-| 407 || 449 || 856 || 1.6 || 0 || 1 || 1
 |-
-{{Party name with colour |Azanian People's Organisation}}
+{{Party name with colour |Freedom Front Plus}}
-| 188 || 635 || 823 || 1.6 || 0 || 0 || 0
+| 342 || 319 || 661 || 1.2 || 0 || 1 || 1
 |-
+|style="background-color:white"| ||style="text-align:left"| Others
-{{Party name with colour |South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association |colour=lightgrey |shortname=South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association}}
-| 92 || 167 || 259 || 0.5 || 0 || 0 || 0
+| 1,137 || 1,481 || 2,618 || 4.8 || 0 || 0 || 0
 |-
 |colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| '''Total'''
-| '''26,429''' || '''25,734''' || '''52,163''' || '''100.0''' || '''16''' || '''16''' || '''32'''
+| '''28,024''' || '''26,933''' || '''54,957''' || '''100.0''' || '''16''' || '''16''' || '''32'''
 |-
 |colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Spoilt votes
-| 804 || 1,528 || 2,332
+| 507 || 1,538 || 2,045
 |}