The municipal council consists of twenty-six members elected by
mixed-member proportional representation. Thirteen councillors are elected by
first-past-the-post voting in thirteen
wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 plurality of seats on the council. In 2013, a proposal was made for the Lesedi Local Municipality to cease being a local municipality under the
Sedibeng District Municipality and to be merged into the
City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality after the
2016 municipal elections. The
Democratic Alliance opposed the proposal and challenged it. The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. ==Main places==