Cape Agulhas Local Municipality elections

The Cape Agulhas Local Municipality council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five 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 Democratic Alliance (DA) lost its majority, returning with a plurality of five seats.^[1]

Results

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.

Event	ANC	DA	Other
2000 election	4	6	0
2006 election	5	4	1
2011 election	4	4	1
2016 election	3	6	2
2021 election	3	5	3

December 2000 election

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election. ^[2]


Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Ward	List	Total
	Democratic Alliance	9,360	58.32	3	3	6
	African National Congress	6,690	41.68	2	2	4
Total		16,050	100.00	5	5	10

March 2006 election

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.^[3]


Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	9,345	49.00	4	1	5
	Democratic Alliance	7,265	38.09	1	3	4
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,272	6.67	0	1	1
	Independent Democrats	1,190	6.24	0	0	0
Total		19,072	100.00	5	5	10

May 2011 election

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.^[4]


Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Ward	List	Total
	Democratic Alliance	12,046	50.03	3	1	4
	African National Congress	10,325	42.88	1	3	4
	National People's Party	626	2.60	0	0	0
	Congress of the People	497	2.06	0	0	0
	Cape Agulhas Ratepayers Association	275	1.14	0	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	223	0.93	0	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	86	0.36	0	0	0
	Independents			1	–	1
Total		24,078	100.00	5	4	9

August 2016 election

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.^[5]^[6]^[7]


Party		List			Ward			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Democratic Alliance	7,062	54.00	2	6,888	52.62	4	6
	African National Congress	3,972	30.37	1	3,938	30.09	2	3
	Dienslewerings Party	1,247	9.54	1	1,400	10.70	0	1
	Cape Agulhas Civic Organization	394	3.01	1	478	3.65	0	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	189	1.45	0	174	1.33	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	182	1.39	0	163	1.25	0	0
	Ubuntu Party	32	0.24	0	48	0.37	0	0
Total		13,078	100.00	5	13,089	100.00	6	11

Valid votes		13,078	99.00		13,089	99.00
Invalid/blank votes		132	1.00		132	1.00
Total votes		13,210	100.00		13,221	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		19,650	67.23		19,650	67.28

The local council sends two representatives to the council of the Overberg District Municipality: one from the Democratic Alliance and one from the African National Congress.^[8]

November 2021 election

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[9]

Cape Agulhas local election, 1 November 2021
Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	Democratic Alliance	5,092	5,397	10,489	44.0%	3	2	5
	African National Congress	3,223	3,149	6,372	26.8%	2	1	3
	Dienslewerings Party	1,540	1,472	3,012	12.6%	1	1	2
	Freedom Front Plus	1,089	860	1,949	8.2%	0	1	1
	The People's Agenda	241	192	433	1.8%	0	0	0
	Kaap Agulhas Civic Organisasie	159	192	351	1.5%	0	0	0
	Western Province Party	171	169	340	1.4%	0	0	0
	Good	118	140	258	1.1%	0	0	0
	Economic Freedom Fighters	77	82	159	0.7%	0	0	0
	Cape Independence Party	74	76	150	0.6%	0	0	0
	Land Party	57	74	131	0.6%	0	0	0
	Compatriots of South Africa	51	44	95	0.4%	0	0	0
	Congress of the People	16	28	44	0.2%	0	0	0
	Independent candidates	33	–	33	0.1%	0	–	0
Total		11,941	11,875	23,816		6	5	11

Valid votes		11,941	11,875	23,816	99.0%
Spoilt votes		119	118	237	1.0%
Total votes cast		12,060	11,993	24,053

Voter turnout		12,071
Registered voters		21,173
Turnout percentage		57.0%

References

^ http://www.capeagulhas.org/executive-mayor
^ "Local Government Elections 2000 - Seat Calculation Detail: Cape Agulhas" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
^ "Local Government Elections 2006 - Seat Calculation Detail: Cape Agulhas" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
^ "Local Government Elections 2011 - Seat Calculation Detail: Cape Agulhas" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Cape Agulhas" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Cape Agulhas" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ "Voter Turnout Report: Cape Agulhas" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
^ "Political composition of councils February 2017" (PDF). Western Cape Department of Local Government. February 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Cape Agulhas". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-14.

[1] ttp://www.capeagulhas.org/executive-mayor

[2] "Local Government Elections 2000 - Seat Calculation Detail: Cape Agulhas" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2021.

[3] "Local Government Elections 2006 - Seat Calculation Detail: Cape Agulhas" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2021.

[4] "Local Government Elections 2011 - Seat Calculation Detail: Cape Agulhas" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2021.

[5] "Results Summary – All Ballots: Cape Agulhas" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 August 2016.

[6] "Seat Calculation Detail: Cape Agulhas" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 August 2016.

[7] "Voter Turnout Report: Cape Agulhas" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

[8] "Political composition of councils February 2017" (PDF). Western Cape Department of Local Government. February 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

[9] "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Cape Agulhas". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-14.

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