Letsemeng Local Municipality


Letsemeng Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Xhariep District of the Free State in South Africa.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language
Boitumelong0.24330Afrikaans
Bolokanang0.926,343Tswana
Diamant Hoogte0.111,208Afrikaans
Ditlhake2.218,727Afrikaans
Jacobsdal2.251,709Afrikaans
Koffiefontein33.791,443Afrikaans
Luckhoff30.382,388Afrikaans
Oppermans0.261,167Afrikaans
Petrusburg1.99588Afrikaans
Ratanang0.624,852Afrikaans
Relebohile0.15671Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality10,155.0013,533Afrikaans

Politics

The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five 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 eight seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.