The Emfuleni Local Municipality council consists of ninety members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.
Forty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-five wards, while the remaining forty-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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) lost their majority of seats on the council for the first time.
The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
[5] The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.