Ratlou Local Municipality
Ratlou Local Municipality is a local municipality in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
| Barolong Ba Ga Makgobi | 309.22 | 2,141 | Tswana | |
| Barolong Ba Ga Molefe Ba Moata | 266.70 | 12,725 | Tswana | |
| Barolong Boo Rashidi | 56.33 | 42 | Tswana | |
| Barolong Boo Ratlou Ba Ga Phoi | 650.27 | 71,190 | Tswana | |
| Batlharo Ba Ga Masibi | 952.26 | 15,825 | Tswana | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 2,303.38 | 2,404 | Tswana |
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress won a majority of twenty seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.