Kamiesberg Local Municipality elections

The Kamiesberg 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 African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of six seats.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	Other	Total
2000 election	4	3	0	7
2006 election	4	1	2	7
2011 election	4	2	1	7
2016 election	4	2	1	7
2021 election	6	3	2	11

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.^[1]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	2,176	60.14	3	2,177	60.10	1	4
	Democratic Alliance	1,375	38.00	1	1,445	39.90	2	3
	Independent candidates	67	1.85	0				0
Total		3,618	100.00	4	3,622	100.00	3	7

Valid votes		3,618	98.21		3,622	98.32
Invalid/blank votes		66	1.79		62	1.68
Total votes		3,684	100.00		3,684	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,368	68.63		5,368	68.63

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.^[2]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	2,111	55.33	4	2,135	55.79	0	4
	Independent Democrats	1,376	36.07	0	1,334	34.86	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	328	8.60	0	358	9.35	1	1
Total		3,815	100.00	4	3,827	100.00	3	7

Valid votes		3,815	98.58		3,827	98.86
Invalid/blank votes		55	1.42		44	1.14
Total votes		3,870	100.00		3,871	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,494	59.59		6,494	59.61

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.^[3]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	2,701	54.26	2	2,705	54.40	2	4
	Democratic Alliance	1,705	34.25	2	1,719	34.57	0	2
	Congress of the People	572	11.49	0	548	11.02	1	1
Total		4,978	100.00	4	4,972	100.00	3	7

Valid votes		4,978	98.57		4,972	98.57
Invalid/blank votes		72	1.43		72	1.43
Total votes		5,050	100.00		5,044	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,938	72.79		6,938	72.70

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.^[4]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	3,086	62.60	4	3,083	62.43	0	4
	Democratic Alliance	1,379	27.97	0	1,387	28.09	2	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	365	7.40	0	350	7.09	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	68	1.38	0	73	1.48	0	0
	Congress of the People	32	0.65	0	45	0.91	0	0
Total		4,930	100.00	4	4,938	100.00	3	7

Valid votes		4,930	99.24		4,938	99.24
Invalid/blank votes		38	0.76		38	0.76
Total votes		4,968	100.00		4,976	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,335	67.73		7,335	67.84

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[5]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	2,695	52.32	5	2,712	52.58	1	6
	Democratic Alliance	1,208	23.45	1	1,238	24.00	2	3
	National Economic Fighters	427	8.29	0	430	8.34	1	1
	Namakwa Civic Movement	375	7.28	0	397	7.70	1	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	271	5.26	0	259	5.02	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	126	2.45	0	122	2.37	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	40	0.78	0				0
	Independent candidates	9	0.17	0				0
Total		5,151	100.00	6	5,158	100.00	5	11

Valid votes		5,151	99.08		5,158	99.12
Invalid/blank votes		48	0.92		46	0.88
Total votes		5,199	100.00		5,204	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,484	69.47		7,484	69.54

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