Beaufort West Local Municipality elections

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

Event	ANC	DA	ICOSA	KDF	Other	Total
2000 election	8	5	—	—	—	13
2002 floor-crossing	8	3	—	—	2	13
2004 floor-crossing	9	3	—	—	1	13
2006 election	5	2	5	—	1	13
2007 floor-crossing	4	2	5	—	2	13
2011 election	7	5	1	—	0	13
2016 election	6	6	0	1	0	13
2021 election	4	4	—	1	4	13

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	6,124	61.31	5	6,093	61.05	3	8
	Democratic Alliance	3,864	38.69	2	3,887	38.95	3	5
Total		9,988	100.00	7	9,980	100.00	6	13
Valid votes		9,988	98.06		9,980	97.98
Invalid/blank votes		198	1.94		206	2.02
Total votes		10,186	100.00		10,186	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		15,732	64.75		15,732	64.75

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 Beaufort West council, one councillor crossed from the Democratic Alliance (DA) to the New National Party (NNP), which had formerly been part of the DA, while another DA councillor left the party to sit as an independent.^[2]

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after
	African National Congress	8	0	8
	Democratic Alliance	5	2	3
	New National Party	—	1	1
	Independent	—	1	1

Another floor-crossing period occurred on 1–15 September 2004, in which the NNP councillor crossed to the African National Congress.^[3]

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after
	African National Congress	8	1	9
	Democratic Alliance	3	0	3
	Independent	1	0	1
	New National Party	1	1	0

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the floor crossing periods in September 2004 and the election in March 2006.^[4]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
2 March 2005	1		Democratic Alliance		Democratic Alliance
	6		African National Congress		African National Congress

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.^[5]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	4,735	41.15	3	4,714	40.56	2	5
	Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa	4,096	35.60	3	4,165	35.84	2	5
	Democratic Alliance	2,070	17.99	1	2,003	17.24	1	2
	Independent Democrats	533	4.63	0	639	5.50	1	1
	United Independent Front	72	0.63	0	100	0.86	0	0
Total		11,506	100.00	7	11,621	100.00	6	13
Valid votes		11,506	97.29		11,621	98.18
Invalid/blank votes		321	2.71		215	1.82
Total votes		11,827	100.00		11,836	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		18,906	62.56		18,906	62.60

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the election in March 2006 and the floor crossing period in September 2007.^[4]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
7 February 2007	1		Democratic Alliance		Democratic Alliance

The final floor-crossing period occurred on 1–15 September 2007; floor-crossing was subsequently abolished in 2008 by the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution. In the Beaufort West council one councillor crossed from the ANC to the National People's Party, and the single councillor representing the Independent Democrats crossed to the Social Democratic Party.^[6]

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after
	Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa	5	0	5
	African National Congress	5	1	4
	Democratic Alliance	2	0	2
	Independent Democrats	1	1	0
	National People's Party	—	1	1
	Social Democratic Party	—	1	1

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the floor crossing period in September 2007 and the election in May 2011.^[4]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
19 March 2008	3		Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa		Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa
	5		Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa		Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa
	6		Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa		Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa
21 July 2010	3		Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa		Democratic Alliance
	5		Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa		Democratic Alliance

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.^[7]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	7,805	50.66	6	7,803	49.70	1	7
	Democratic Alliance	6,421	41.68	1	6,335	40.35	4	5
	Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa	676	4.39	0	655	4.17	1	1
	Congress of the People	182	1.18	0	661	4.21	0	0
	National People's Party	208	1.35	0	170	1.08	0	0
	Independent Congress	84	0.55	0	37	0.24	0	0
	South African Progressive Civic Organisation	31	0.20	0	40	0.25	0	0
Total		15,407	100.00	7	15,701	100.00	6	13
Valid votes		15,407	97.09		15,701	99.13
Invalid/blank votes		462	2.91		138	0.87
Total votes		15,869	100.00		15,839	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		23,812	66.64		23,812	66.52

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the elections in May 2011 and August 2016.^[4]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
7 September 2011	1		African National Congress		African National Congress