The Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality council (formerly the Bizana Local Municipality)[1] consists of sixty-four 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-two 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-eight seats.
The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.