2011 South African municipal elections

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2011 South African municipal elections
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All councillors for all 226 local municipalities

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Leader Jacob Zuma Helen Zille Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Party ANC DA IFP
Last election 64.82% 16.24% 7.53%
Popular vote 16,548,970 6,393,890 954,021
Percentage 61.95% 23.94% 3.57%
Swing Decrease 2.87% Increase 7.7% Decrease 3.96%
Cape Town City Council and the ballot on the right is for the election of the local councillor in Ward
59.

Municipal elections were held in

2006
. The first municipal elections following the reorganisation of municipalities took place in December 2000.

Half of the seats (rounded up for odd numbers) in each municipality are elected on the

wards
. The other half of the seats are allocated to restore proportionality as follows:

The total number of seats are allocated using the

largest remainder method by using a modified Hare quota. Proportional seats are allocated based on the difference. Overhang seats are theoretically possible. These do not affect the quota but will reduce the number of remainder seats if any. Independent candidates are allowed for in the ward seats, and the proportionality calculations effectively ignore votes for these candidates and are adjusted for seats allocated to them.[3]

Background

Election campaign poster for the Democratic Alliance

The ruling party of South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC), has been facing a growing opposition from the Democratic Alliance (DA). The DA holds control of the Western Cape area, with Cape Town the major city of the province. The DA had made it known that there was a possibility of victory in the Northern Cape province.[4]

The ANC faced tough challenges from the opposition parties over issues of service delivery, corruption, healthcare reform, poverty and unemployment rates.

The Congress of the People (COPE) (a breakaway party formed from within the ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) were determined to prove that they could increase their control in areas as well. Various other parties were expected to contest the elections as well; however, based on previous elections and expected changes since then, they are expected to hold a minority power relative to the ANC, DA, Cope and IFP parties respectively.

The election was generally peaceful, with the exception of an attack on an IFP councilor that resulted in his death.[5]

Cities

Former DA leader

Ekurhuleni
and almost all municipalities in the Northern Cape facing stiff challenges from the DA and COPE.

Port Elizabeth lies in a unique region roughly at the border between the Black and Coloured (i.e. mixed raced) population groups. It was predicted that there would be a strong effort from minorities in the city to try to gain control of the council. Although the

Nelson Mandela Bay municipality is over 60% black, the DA hoped that by using COPE and the United Democratic Movement
, the vote for the ANC could have possibly been lowered under 50% (i.e. minority power) enabling the DA to form a coalition with smaller parties and assume governance of the area. The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality was heavily contested in the elections with the ANC managing to secure 63 seats to the DA's 48 seats. Zille attributed the failure of the DA to win the metro to the decline of COPE, claiming that the latter's retention of votes could have unseated the ANC allowing a coalition government in the metro.[6]

Election boycott

The Poor People's Alliance called for a boycott of the election under the slogan No Land! No House! No Vote!.[7]

There were vote boycott campaigns by a number of civil society organisations including Soundz of the South, the

Ermelo in Mpumalanga and elsewhere around the country.[8]

There was also significant abstention by ANC members and supporters who felt the selection of ANC candidates was biased but refused to vote for any other party.[9]

Election results

The statistics in this section are all sourced from the

Independent Electoral Commission's official website
unless specified otherwise.

Map showing the outcome of the election in the metropolitan and local municipalities
  ANC outright winner
  ANC largest party
  DA outright winner
  DA largest party
  IFP outright winner
  IFP largest party
  NFP outright winner
  NFP largest party
  ANC, DA tied
  ANC, IFP tied
  Other party largest
Map showing the party of the elected councillor in each ward.
  ANC
  DA
  IFP
  NFP
  Other party
  Independent

The

2000.[11] The percentage of spoilt votes
was 1.89%.

The ANC won just under 62% of the vote and the DA won just under 24% of the vote.[12] There was a decline in ANC support and an increase in support for the DA as the ANC lost voters in every province with the exception of Kwa-ZuluNatal where it captured votes from former IFP voters.[13]

Party Ward PR Ward + PR DC
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
ANC 8,143,397 61.0% 8,405,429 62.9% 16,548,826 62.0% 5,455,411 69.4%
DA 3,177,883 23.8% 3,216,006 24.1% 6,393,886 23.9% 1,202,562 15.3%
IFP 478,400 3.6% 475,621 3.6% 954,021 3.6% 406,319 5.2%
NFP 326,565 2.4% 318,352 2.4% 644,917 2.4% 247,340 3.1%
COPE 274,074 2.1% 296,624 2.2% 570,698 2.1% 236,396 3.0%
UDM 83,728 0.6% 84,623 0.6% 168,351 0.6% 67,487 0.9%
ACDP 86,865 0.7% 78,737 0.6% 165,602 0.6% 43,948 0.6%
VF+ 66,588 0.5% 53,931 0.4% 120,519 0.5% 32,640 0.4%
PAC 63,976 0.5% 54,846 0.4% 118,822 0.4% 28,918 0.4%
MF 60,153 0.5% 53,042 0.4% 113,195 0.4% 958 0.0%
APC 38,159 0.3% 54,332 0.4% 92,491 0.3% 22,650 0.3%
UCDP 25,031 0.2% 25,971 0.2% 51,002 0.2% 466 0.0%
AZAPO 24,331 0.2% 26,300 0.2% 50,631 0.2% 19,202 0.2%
108 other parties 202,595 1.5% 213,697 1.6% 416,292 1.6% 93,512 1.2%
Independent
 302,242 2.3% N/A 302,242 1.1% N/A
Total 13,353,987 13,357,511 26,711,498 7,857,809
Spoilt votes 235,014 235,345 470,359 196,248

Note: "Ward" column indicates votes cast for individual

district councils. All voters cast Ward and PR ballots, but those resident in the metropolitan municipalities
(approximately 40% of the population) do not cast DC ballots.

Regional summary

Eastern Cape

In the Eastern Cape, the ANC captured a majority in all but one municipality; the lone exception, Baviaans, was won by the DA with four seats to the ANC's three. The Nelson Mandela Bay Metro was closely contested however, with the ANC dropping 15% of the vote, but retaining a narrow majority.

Metropolitan Municipalities
Municipality ANC COPE DA UDM Others Total Control
Buffalo City 71 3 21 0 5 100 ANC Majority
Nelson Mandela Bay 63 6 48 1 2 120 ANC Majority
Two-tier Municipalities
Camdeboo 8 0 6 0 0 14 ANC Majority
Blue Crane Route 7 0 4 0 0 11 ANC Majority
Ikwezi 5 0 2 0 0 7 ANC Majority
Makana 20 1 6 0 1 28 ANC Majority
Ndlambe 13 0 6 0 1 20 ANC Majority
Sundays River Valley
 12 0 3 0 1 16 ANC Majority
Baviaans 3 0 4 0 0 7 DA Majority
Kouga 15 0 14 0 0 29 ANC Majority
Kou-Kamma 6 0 5 0 0 11 ANC Majority
Mbhashe 41 9 1 7 3 61 ANC Majority
Mnquma 47 7 2 4 2 62 ANC Majority
Great Kei 11 0 2 0 0 13 ANC Majority
Amahlathi 33 3 2 0 2 40 ANC Majority
Ngqushwa 24 0 1 0 0 25 ANC Majority
Nkonkobe 35 2 2 0 2 41 ANC Majority
Nxuba 5 0 2 0 1 8 ANC Majority
Inxuba Yethemba 12 0 6 0 0 18 ANC Majority
Tsolwana 7 1 1 0 1 10 ANC Majority
Inkwanca 5 1 1 0 0 7 ANC Majority
Lukhanji 45 2 5 1 1 54 ANC Majority
Intsika Yethu 37 2 0 2 1 42 ANC Majority
Emalahleni 30 1 1 1 1 34 ANC Majority
Engcobo
 35 0 0 3 2 40 ANC Majority
Sakhisizwe 14 1 1 0 1 17 ANC Majority
Elundini 28 0 2 2 2 34 ANC Majority
Senqu 32 0 2 1 2 37 ANC Majority
Maletswai 9 0 2 1 0 12 ANC Majority
Gariep 7 0 3 0 0 10 ANC Majority
Ngquza Hill
 55 4 1 1 1 62 ANC Majority
Port St Johns
 32 1 2 1 3 39 ANC Majority
Nyandeni 53 2 2 4 0 61 ANC Majority
Mhlontlo 48 1 0 3 0 52 ANC Majority
King Sabata Dalindyebo 46 2 2 18 2 70 ANC Majority
Matatiele 39 2 3 1 7 52 ANC Majority
Umzimvubu 46 1 2 2 3 54 ANC Majority
Mbizana
 54 2 1 1 3 61 ANC Majority
Ntabankulu 31 2 1 1 1 36 ANC Majority
Total 1084 56 169 55 51 1415

Free State

The ANC won a majority in every municipality in the

Free State, including the newly upgraded Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality
, in which it won 65 of the 97 available seats, against the DA's 26.

Municipality ANC COPE DA Others Total
Mangaung 65 3 26 3 97
Letsemeng 8 1 2 0 11
Kopanong 10 1 3 1 15
Mohokare 9 0 2 0 11
Naledi 6 1 1 0 8
Masilonyana 16 1 2 1 20
Tokologo 5 1 1 1 8
Tswelopele 12 1 2 0 15
Matjhabeng 52 3 16 1 72
Nala 18 2 3 1 24
Setsoto 26 2 6 1 35
Dihlabeng 30 1 8 1 40
Nketoana 14 0 2 2 18
Maluti-a-Phofung 52 1 4 12 69
Phumelela 12 0 3 0 15
Mantsopa 13 1 3 0 17
Moqhaka 34 3 11 2 50
Ngwathe 28 1 9 1 39
Metsimaholo 26 0 15 1 42
Mafube 12 2 3 0 17
Total 448 25 122 28 623

Gauteng

The ANC won a majority in all but one of the municipalities in Gauteng, the lone exception being Midvaal, which was won by the DA. The following table shows the number of seats won by the various parties in the metropolitan and local municipalities in the province.

Municipality ANC COPE DA IFP VF+ Others Total
Ekurhuleni
(East Rand) 		125 2 62 2 1 10 202
City of Johannesburg 153 3 90 4 1 9 260
City of Tshwane (Pretoria) 118 2 82 0 4 4 210
Emfuleni 64 1 21 0 1 2 89
Midvaal 11 0 15 0 1 0 27
Lesedi 19 0 6 0 1 0 26
Mogale City (Krugersdorp) 41 1 23 1 1 1 68
Randfontein 27 1 16 0 0 0 44
Westonaria 23 1 4 1 0 2 31
Merafong City 41 1 11 1 0 2 56
Total 622 11 330 9 10 30 1013

KwaZulu-Natal

Outcome of the election in KwaZulu-Natal
  ANC outright winner
  ANC largest party
  IFP outright winner
  IFP largest party
  NFP outright winner
  NFP largest party
  ANC, IFP tied

In the following table, green rows indicate municipalities won by the ANC, red rows indicate those won by the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), yellow rows indicate those won by the National Freedom Party (NFP), and grey rows indicate those with no majority party.

Municipality ANC DA IFP NFP Others Total Coalitions
eThekwini 126 43 9 10 17 205
Vulamehlo 12 0 2 5 0 20
Umdoni
 12 4 1 1 1 19
Umzumbe 26 1 2 8 1 38
uMuziwabantu 12 1 2 4 0 19
Ezingoleni
 8 0 1 2 0 11
Hibiscus Coast 41 11 3 2 1 58
uMshwathi 19 2 3 2 0 26
uMngeni 14 9 0 0 0 23
Mpofana 5 1 1 0 0 7
Impendle 6 0 1 0 0 7
Msunduzi 49 15 4 4 1 73
Mkhambathini 9 1 3 1 0 14
Richmond 11 1 0 0 2 14
Emnambithi/Ladysmith
 34 4 8 6 1 53
Indaka 6 0 8 6 0 20 ANC-NFP
Umtshezi 8 1 5 3 0 17 ANC-NFP
Okhahlamba 13 1 8 6 0 28 ANC-NFP
Imbabazane 12 1 5 7 0 25 ANC-NFP
Endumeni 6 3 2 1 0 12 ANC-NFP
Nquthu 14 1 14 5 0 34 ANC-NFP
Msinga 12 0 21 4 0 37
Umvoti 10 1 9 2 0 22 ANC-NFP
Newcastle 33 5 12 5 6 61
eMadlangeni 4 1 2 1 0 8 ANC-NFP
Dannhauser 11 1 6 3 1 22 ANC-NFP
eDumbe 4 1 2 8 0 15
uPhongolo 11 1 7 8 0 27 ANC-NFP
Abaqulusi 17 3 16 7 1 44 ANC-NFP
Nongoma 6 0 17 19 0 42 NFP-ANC
Ulundi 6 0 28 13 0 47
uMhlabuyalingana 22 0 8 4 0 34
Jozini 20 0 16 4 0 40 ANC-NFP
The Big Five False Bay 3 0 3 1 0 7 ANC-NFP
Hlabisa 4 0 8 4 0 16 ANC-NFP
Mtubatuba 16 0 15 7 0 38 ANC-NFP
Mbonambi
 17 0 10 3 0 30
uMhlathuze 36 6 10 6 2 60
Ntambanana 7 0 6 3 0 16 ANC-NFP
uMlalazi 24 1 18 9 0 52 ANC-NFP
Mthonjaneni 5 0 5 1 0 11 ANC-NFP
Nkandla 11 0 13 3 0 27 ANC-NFP
Mandeni 23 1 4 6 0 34
KwaDukuza 37 8 4 2 2 53
Ndwedwe 25 1 5 5 1 37
Maphumulo 12 0 8 2 0 22
Ingwe 16 1 3 2 0 22
Kwa Sani 5 2 0 0 0 7
Greater Kokstad 12 3 0 0 1 16
Ubuhlebezwe 18 1 2 3 0 24
Umzimkhulu 36 0 1 2 1 40
Total 906 137 341 210 39 1633

Limpopo

The ANC's complete dominance of Limpopo remained unchallenged as other parties achieved only small minorities.

Municipality ANC COPE DA Others Total
Greater Giyani 50 0 2 8 60
Greater Letaba 51 4 1 1 57
Greater Tzaneen 59 2 5 2 68
Ba-Phalaborwa 29 2 4 1 36
Maruleng 19 2 2 4 27
Musina 9 1 0 2 12
Mutale 23 1 1 1 26
Thulamela 70 2 3 5 80
Makhado 64 3 5 3 75
Blouberg 37 1 2 1 41
Aganang 32 2 1 2 37
Molemole 24 1 1 1 27
Polokwane 61 3 9 3 76
Lepelle-Nkumpi 47 4 2 4 57
Thabazimbi 16 0 5 2 23
Lephalale 20 1 3 24
Mookgophong 6 1 2 1 10
Modimolle 13 0 4 1 18
Bela-Bela 12 0 4 1 17
Mogalakwena 53 2 5 3 63
Ephraim Mogale 23 1 2 6 32
Elias Motsoaledi 41 1 4 14 60
Makhuduthamaga 52 3 1 5 61
Fetakgomo 21 2 1 1 25
Greater Tubatse 50 3 3 6 62
Total 882 42 72 78 1074

Mpumalanga

The ANC's control of this province was not significantly challenged with the DA only gaining some support in the more urbanised municipalities.

Municipality ANC COPE DA Others Total
Albert Luthuli 44 1 3 1 49
Msukaligwa 31 1 5 1 38
Mkhondo 28 0 6 4 38
Pixley ka Seme 16 0 3 2 21
Lekwa 23 0 6 1 30
Dipaleseng 7 0 2 3 12
Govan Mbeki 45 1 16 1 63
Delmas
 13 0 3 1 17
Emalahleni 49 0 18 1 68
Steve Tshwete 39 1 17 1 58
Emakhazeni 11 0 4 0 15
Thembisile Hani 51 0 4 9 64
Dr JS Moroka 52 1 4 5 62
Thaba Chweu 20 0 6 1 27
Mbombela 66 0 10 2 78
Umjindi 15 0 3 0 18
Nkomazi 60 0 4 1 65
Bushbuckridge 55 3 3 13 74
Total 625 8 117 47 797

North West

The North West remains firmly under ANC control with the DA getting some support in the larger towns.

Municipality ANC COPE DA Others Total
Moretele 46 1 3 5 55
Madibeng
 54 1 14 3 72
Rustenburg 55 1 15 5 76
Kgetlengrivier 9 0 3 12
Moses Kotane 49 4 3 6 62
Ratlou 22 2 1 3 28
Tswaing 22 0 7 1 30
Mafikeng
 44 3 7 8 62
Ditsobotla 32 1 7 2 42
Ramotshere Moiloa 29 2 2 6 39
Naledi 12 1 5 0 18
Mamusa 12 1 2 0 15
Greater Taung 43 2 3 3 51
Lekwa-Teemane 10 1 3 0 14
Kagisano-Molopo
 24 1 2 3 30
Ventersdorp 10 0 2 0 12
Tlokwe 30 1 19 2 52
Matlosana 51 1 16 2 70
Maquassi Hills 17 1 3 0 21
Total 571 24 117 49 761

Northern Cape

The ANC's control in this province was challenged only in the thinly populated Afrikaans speaking Karoo areas adjoining the DA dominated Western Cape. The more densely populated and Tswana dominated northern districts remain firmly in the hands of the ANC.

Municipality ANC COPE DA Others Total Coalitions
Richtersveld 5 0 3 0 8
Nama Khoi 8 3 6 0 17 DA-COPE
Kamiesberg 4 1 2 0 7
Hantam 4 1 4 0 9 DA-COPE
Karoo Hoogland 3 2 2 0 7 COPE-DA
Khâi-Ma 4 2 1 0 7
Ubuntu 4 1 3 0 8 ANC[14]
Umsobomvu 7 2 1 0 10
Emthanjeni 7 1 5 1 14 ANC-IND
Kareeberg 4 1 2 0 7
Renosterberg 4 2 1 0 7
Thembelihle 5 2 1 0 8
Siyathemba 4 2 1 0 7
Siyancuma 7 2 2 0 11
Mier 4 1 2 0 7
Kai !Garib
 10 3 4 0 17
//Khara Hais 16 4 7 0 27
!Kheis
 4 2 1 0 7
Tsantsabane 6 1 2 2 11
Kgatelopele 5 1 2 0 8
Sol Plaatje 40 5 16 1 62
Dikgatlong 10 1 2 0 13
Magareng 6 1 2 0 9
Phokwane 13 1 3 1 18
Joe Morolong 23 3 1 2 29
Ga-Segonyana 20 1 3 1 25
Gamagara 6 1 3 0 10
Total 233 47 82 8 370

Western Cape

KGP
largest party

The

Karoo Gemeenskaps Party
won three seats and the ANC and the DA two each.

In the following table, blue rows indicate municipalities won by the DA, green rows indicate those won by the ANC, and grey rows indicate those with no majority party.

Municipality ANC COPE DA Others Total
City of Cape Town 73 3 135 10 221
Matzikama 6 0 7 2 15
Cederberg 5 1 4 1 11
Bergrivier 5 1 7 0 13
Saldanha Bay 8 1 15 1 25
Swartland 6 1 15 1 23
Witzenberg 8 1 10 4 23
Drakenstein 19 2 35 5 61
Stellenbosch 11 1 25 6 43
Breede Valley 14 1 22 4 41
Langeberg 7 1 11 4 23
Theewaterskloof 9 1 13 2 25
Overstrand 9 0 15 1 25
Cape Agulhas 4 0 4 1 9
Swellendam 4 0 4 1 9
Kannaland 2 0 2 3 7
Hessequa 6 1 7 1 15
Mossel Bay 10 0 16 1 27
George 19 1 25 4 49
Oudtshoorn 11 1 11 2 25
Knysna 7 1 10 1 19
Bitou 6 1 6 0 13
Laingsburg 3 1 3 0 7
Prince Albert 2 0 2 3 7
Beaufort West 7 0 5 1 13
Total 261 20 409 58 748

References

  1. ^ "Local Elections on 18 May". BuaNews. 3 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 March 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. ^ Section 159 in Chapter 7 Archived 5 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine of the Constitution of South Africa. A municipal council's term expires after 5 years, but the council continue with its functions until the election of a new council, which must be held within 90 days of the expiry of the council's term.
  3. ^ Schedule 1 to the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, No. 117 of 1998, as amended.
  4. ^ "South African municipal election, 2011". Archived from the original on 17 November 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  5. ^ IFP councillor dies after alleged assault
  6. ^ "ANC wins Nelson Mandela Bay". Times Live. 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  7. ^ W Cape voters 'not predictable', Quinton Mtyala and Babalo Ndenze, The Cape Argus, 18 May 2011
  8. ^ (These citations relate to various boycott campaigns in different localities.)
  9. ^ We won't vote for 'a stranger', Vuvu Vena, Dispatch, 19 May 2011
  10. ^ Devil in the Data: South Africa's Rich Overrepresented in the Vote, by Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen, SACSIS, 3 June 2011
  11. ^ "Voter turnout highest ever - IEC". 21 May 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  12. ^ Zuma is the loser, despite ANC poll win, Business Day, 23 May 2011
  13. ^ 'The swing's the thing' that shows the political trend, Alistair Sparks, Business Day, 25 May 2011
  14. ^ "'Ancestors' shine on ANC's coin toss".
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