The Emalahleni Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Mpumalanga in South Africa. The council consists of sixty-eight 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-four 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 thirty-five seats.
The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.
The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.