The Port St. Johns Local Municipality council consists of thirty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.
Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining nineteen 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-one seats.
[5] The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.
In 2021, the African National Congress (ANC) won the ward by 49 votes over independent candidate Patric Nomarhobo.