Baviaans Local Municipality elections

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

Event	ANC	DA	Other	Total
2000 election	2	3	0	5
2002 floor-crossing	4	1	0	5
2006 election	2	3	0	5
2011 election	3	4	—	7

The Baviaans Local Municipality was created in 2000, replacing the transitional local councils of Willowmore and Steytlerville. The council consisted of five members; the Democratic Alliance (DA) obtained a majority of three.

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Alliance	2,234	50.68	3
	African National Congress	2,063	46.80	2
	United Democratic Movement	111	2.52	0
Total		4,408	100.00	5
Valid votes		4,408	98.31
Invalid/blank votes		76	1.69
Total votes		4,484	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,436	69.67
Source: [1]

In terms of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution and the judgment of the Constitutional Court in United Democratic Movement v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others, in the period from 8–22 October 2002 councillors had the opportunity to cross the floor to a different political party without losing their seats. In the Baviaans council, two councillors crossed from the DA to the African National Congress (ANC), giving the ANC a majority of four.^[2]

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after
	African National Congress	2	2	4
	Democratic Alliance	3	2	1