Editing Matzikama Local Municipality (section)

===By-elections from November 2021 ===
The following [[by-elections]] were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since November 2021.

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! Date !! Ward !!colspan=2| Party of the previous councillor !!colspan=2| Party of the newly elected councillor
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| 6 July 2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nel |first=Brandon |title=DA snatches PA ward in hotly-contested Matzikama by-election |url=https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/da-snatches-pa-ward-in-hotly-contested-matzikama-by-election-ba7a7a76-db69-47d2-bb01-f6c568dc5940 |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=www.iol.co.za |language=en}}</ref>
| 7
| {{Party name with colour |Patriotic Alliance (South Africa)|shortname=Patriotic Alliance}}
| {{Party name with colour |Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|shortname=Democratic Alliance}}
|-
|}

After the by-election, the council was reconfigured as below:

{{Election results
|seattype1=Ward|seattype2=List|seattype3=Total
|party1=[[Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|Democratic Alliance]]|votes1=|st1t1=4|st2t1=3|st3t1=7
|party2=[[African National Congress]]|votes2=|st1t2=4|st2t2=0|st3t2=4
|party3=[[Patriotic Alliance (South Africa)|Patriotic Alliance]] |votes3=|st1t3=0|st2t3=1|st3t3=1
|party4=[[Good (political party)|Good]]|votes4=|st1t4=0|st2t4=1|st3t4=1
|party5=[[Freedom Front Plus]]|votes5=|st1t5=0|st2t5=1|st3t5=1
|party6=[[Economic Freedom Fighters]]|votes6=|st1t6=0|st2t6=1|st3t6=1
}}