The Intsika Yethu Local Municipality council (within the South African Chris Hani District Municipality) consists of forty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.
Twenty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-one wards, while the remaining twenty-one 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.
[5] The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since November 2021.