Great Kei Local Municipality elections

The Great Kei Local Municipality council (within the South African Amathole District Municipality) consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six 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 nine seats.

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

Event	ANC	DA	EFF	Other	Total
2000 election	11	1	—	0	12
2006 election	10	1	—	1	12
2011 election	11	2	—	—	13
2016 election	9	2	1	1	13
2021 election	9	3	1	0	13

December 2000 election

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	10,344	87.59	6	10,560	91.41	5	11
	Democratic Alliance	504	4.27	0	748	6.48	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	391	3.31	0	244	2.11	0	0
	Independent candidates	571	4.83	0				0
Total		11,810	100.00	6	11,552	100.00	6	12

Valid votes		11,810	97.25		11,552	95.12
Invalid/blank votes		334	2.75		593	4.88
Total votes		12,144	100.00		12,145	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		18,173	66.82		18,173	66.83

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	11,209	85.16	6	11,283	86.03	4	10
	Democratic Alliance	703	5.34	0	711	5.42	1	1
	Independent Democrats	566	4.30	0	589	4.49	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	295	2.24	0	403	3.07	0	0
	Independent candidates	285	2.17	0				0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	104	0.79	0	129	0.98	0	0
Total		13,162	100.00	6	13,115	100.00	6	12

Valid votes		13,162	98.94		13,115	98.67
Invalid/blank votes		141	1.06		177	1.33
Total votes		13,303	100.00		13,292	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		21,025	63.27		21,025	63.22

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	10,579	83.42	7	10,790	84.61	4	11
	Democratic Alliance	2,103	16.58	0	1,962	15.39	2	2
Total		12,682	100.00	7	12,752	100.00	6	13

Valid votes		12,682	97.52		12,752	98.15
Invalid/blank votes		323	2.48		240	1.85
Total votes		13,005	100.00		12,992	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		21,302	61.05		21,302	60.99

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	7,237	67.21	5	7,604	74.54	4	9
	Democratic Alliance	1,986	18.44	1	2,026	19.86	1	2
	Independent candidates	1,034	9.60	1				1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	489	4.54	0	523	5.13	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	22	0.20	0	48	0.47	0	0
Total		10,768	100.00	7	10,201	100.00	6	13

Valid votes		10,768	98.78		10,201	97.27
Invalid/blank votes		133	1.22		286	2.73
Total votes		10,901	100.00		10,487	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		17,685	61.64		17,685	59.30

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	6,227	63.89	7	6,518	67.36	2	9
	Democratic Alliance	1,434	14.71	0	1,807	18.67	3	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	782	8.02	0	1,031	10.65	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,038	10.65	0				0
	Good	165	1.69	0	170	1.76	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	60	0.62	0	91	0.94	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	40	0.41	0	60	0.62	0	0
Total		9,746	100.00	7	9,677	100.00	6	13

Valid votes		9,746	98.60		9,677	98.29
Invalid/blank votes		138	1.40		168	1.71
Total votes		9,884	100.00		9,845	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		17,935	55.11		17,935	54.89