The Mbhashe Local Municipality council (within the South African Amathole District Municipality) consists of sixty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.
Thirty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two wards, while the remaining thirty-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 forty-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 the election in November 2021.