The Senqu Local Municipality council consists of thirty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.
Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining seventeen 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 twenty-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 from November 2021.