Mahikeng Local Municipality
Mahikeng Local Municipality is a local municipality in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, Capital City of North West Province, South Africa. Mahikeng is a Setswana name meaning "place of rocks".
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
| Bafokeng Ba Ga Moraka | 0.59 | 792 | Tswana | |
| Bakwena Ba Ga Molopyane | 3.19 | 4,342 | Tswana | |
| Banogeng | 14.15 | 0 | - | |
| Barolong Boo Rapulana | 27.12 | 5,734 | Tswana | |
| Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 1 | 390.94 | 45,751 | Tswana | |
| Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 2 | 458.71 | 72,665 | Tswana | |
| Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 3 | 22.73 | 1,154 | Tswana | |
| Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 3 | 24.04 | 1,013 | Tswana | |
| Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 4 | 39.41 | 1,463 | Tswana | |
| Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 5 | 141.89 | 36,599 | Tswana | |
| Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 6 | 31.75 | 2,666 | Tswana | |
| Batloung Ba Ga Shole | 5.43 | 8,434 | Tswana | |
| Floorspar Mine | 1.90 | 148 | Tswana | |
| Kopano | 161.49 | 17,041 | Tswana | |
| Madikwe Part 1 | 102.28 | 151 | Tswana | |
| Madikwe Part 2 | 0.83 | 347 | Tswana | |
| Mahikeng Part 1 | 15.44 | 14,923 | Tswana | |
| Mahikeng Part 3 | 105.41 | 296 | Tswana | |
| Mmabatho Part 1 | 15.02 | 27,680 | Tswana | |
| Mmabatho Part 2 | 344.56 | 63 | Tswana | |
| Montshioa | 2.68 | 8,939 | Tswana | |
| Rooigrond | 2.55 | 286 | Tswana | |
| Slurry | 2.95 | 540 | Tswana | |
| Wintershoek | 1.36 | 42 | Afrikaans/Tswana | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 1,777.21 | 8,433 | Tswana |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-five 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress won a majority of forty-three seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.