Kouga Local Municipality elections

Event	ANC	DA	Other	Total
2000 election	9	9	1	19
2002 floor-crossing	9	9	1	19
2004 floor-crossing	11	8	0	19
2006 election	11	6	3	20
2011 election	15	14	1	29
2016 election	12	17	0	29
2021 election	11	16	3	30

Summarize Timeline Fact Check

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	8,702	45.61	5	9,408	49.38	4	9
	Democratic Alliance	8,519	44.65	5	8,785	46.11	4	9
	Independent candidates	1,048	5.49	0				0
	Kouga 2000	465	2.44	0	459	2.41	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	346	1.81	0	401	2.10	0	0
Total		19,080	100.00	10	19,053	100.00	9	19
Valid votes		19,080	97.91		19,053	97.81
Invalid/blank votes		407	2.09		426	2.19
Total votes		19,487	100.00		19,479	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		31,773	61.33		31,773	61.31
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 Kouga council, one councillor from the Democratic Alliance (DA) crossed to the New National Party (NNP), which had formerly been part of the DA, while the single councillor from Kouga 2000 crossed to the DA.^[2]

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after
	African National Congress	9	0	9
	Democratic Alliance	9	0	9
	New National Party	–	1	1
	Kouga 2000	1	1	0

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the floor crossing periods in October 2002 and September 2004.^[3]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
29 April 2004	5		Democratic Alliance		Democratic Alliance

Another floor crossing period occurred on 1–15 September 2004, in which the NNP councillor and one DA councillor both crossed to the African National Congress (ANC).^[4]

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after
	African National Congress	9	2	11
	Democratic Alliance	9	1	8
	New National Party	1	1	0

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

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
22 September 2004	7		Democratic Alliance		Democratic Alliance

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	11,887	52.75	7	11,718	52.22	4	11
	Democratic Alliance	6,921	30.71	3	7,020	31.28	3	6
	Kouga 2000	1,476	6.55	0	1,367	6.09	1	1
	Kouga Civic Alliance	1,215	5.39	0	1,212	5.40	1	1
	Independent Democrats	480	2.13	0	479	2.13	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	315	1.40	0	351	1.56	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	240	1.07	0	293	1.31	0	0
Total		22,534	100.00	10	22,440	100.00	10	20
Valid votes		22,534	98.24		22,440	97.94
Invalid/blank votes		403	1.76		473	2.06
Total votes		22,937	100.00		22,913	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		39,395	58.22		39,395	58.16
Source: [5]

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the elections in March 2006 and May 2011.

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
14 October 2009	6		African National Congress		African National Congress

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	16,607	47.89	9	17,184	50.17	6	15
	Democratic Alliance	16,381	47.23	6	16,551	48.32	8	14
	Independent candidates	1,129	3.26	0				0
	Freedom Front Plus	286	0.82	0	240	0.70	0	0
	Kouga 2000	241	0.69	0	245	0.72	0	0
	South African Progressive Civic Organisation	36	0.10	0	32	0.09	0	0
Total		34,680	100.00	15	34,252	100.00	14	29
Valid votes		34,680	98.77		34,252	97.55
Invalid/blank votes		433	1.23		861	2.45
Total votes		35,113	100.00		35,113	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		51,435	68.27		51,435	68.27
Source: [6]

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the elections in May 2011 and August 2016.^[3]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
27 November 2013	5		Democratic Alliance		Democratic Alliance
	9		African National Congress		African National Congress