The Merafong City Local Municipality council consists of fifty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.
Twenty-eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-eight wards, while the remaining twenty-seven 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 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 from November 2021.
[6] After the murder of ward 4's independent councillor, Thabo Malatjie, in Lesotho, a by-election was held on 30 November.