Sol Plaatje Local Municipality elections

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The Sol Plaatje Local Municipality council consists of sixty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-three wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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 thirty-three seats

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

Event	ACDP	ANC	COPE	DA	EFF	FF+	Other	Total
2000 election	—	38	—	14	—	—	1	53
2006 election	1	40	—	10	—	0	4	55
2011 election	1	40	5	16	—	—	0	62
2016 election	0	38	1	19	5	1	1	65
2021 election	1	33	0	14	6	3	8	65

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	39,239	70.83	19	40,034	71.96	19	38
	Democratic Alliance	15,035	27.14	8	14,772	26.55	6	14
	Independent candidates	713	1.29	0				0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	227	0.41	0	445	0.80	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	187	0.34	0	381	0.68	0	0
Total		55,401	100.00	27	55,632	100.00	26	53

Valid votes		55,401	97.21		55,632	97.54
Invalid/blank votes		1,588	2.79		1,403	2.46
Total votes		56,989	100.00		57,035	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		97,281	58.58		97,281	58.63

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	40,439	72.49	23	40,321	73.60	17	40
	Democratic Alliance	9,697	17.38	4	9,526	17.39	6	10
	Independent Democrats	1,770	3.17	0	1,826	3.33	2	2
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,396	2.50	0	1,330	2.43	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	643	1.15	0	655	1.20	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,136	2.04	1				1
	Freedom Front Plus	397	0.71	0	525	0.96	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	179	0.32	0	252	0.46	0	0
	United Independent Front	33	0.06	0	243	0.44	0	0
	Federation of Democrats	98	0.18	0	108	0.20	0	0
Total		55,788	100.00	28	54,786	100.00	27	55

Valid votes		55,788	98.38		54,786	96.54
Invalid/blank votes		916	1.62		1,965	3.46
Total votes		56,704	100.00		56,751	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		111,413	50.90		111,413	50.94

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	46,379	62.98	22	47,505	63.97	18	40
	Democratic Alliance	19,497	26.47	9	19,447	26.19	7	16
	Congress of the People	5,821	7.90	0	5,556	7.48	5	5
	African Christian Democratic Party	980	1.33	0	848	1.14	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	380	0.52	0	586	0.79	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	349	0.47	0	321	0.43	0	0
	Independent candidates	239	0.32	0				0
Total		73,645	100.00	31	74,263	100.00	31	62

Valid votes		73,645	98.29		74,263	98.52
Invalid/blank votes		1,282	1.71		1,114	1.48
Total votes		74,927	100.00		75,377	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		121,367	61.74		121,367	62.11

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	44,158	57.05	21	44,757	58.41	17	38
	Democratic Alliance	22,406	28.95	11	23,128	30.18	8	19
	Economic Freedom Fighters	5,728	7.40	0	5,805	7.58	5	5
	Congress of the People	1,191	1.54	0	1,178	1.54	1	1
	Independent candidates	2,357	3.05	1				1
	Freedom Front Plus	859	1.11	0	896	1.17	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	512	0.66	0	525	0.69	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	192	0.25	0	336	0.44	0	0
Total		77,403	100.00	33	76,625	100.00	32	65

Valid votes		77,403	98.82		76,625	98.74
Invalid/blank votes		921	1.18		980	1.26
Total votes		78,324	100.00		77,605	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		130,318	60.10		130,318	59.55

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	African National Congress	30,837	49.83	27	30,913	50.48	6	33
	Democratic Alliance	12,591	20.35	6	12,702	20.74	8	14
	Economic Freedom Fighters	5,600	9.05	0	5,994	9.79	6	6
	Sol- Plaatjie Service Delivery Forum	2,645	4.27	0	2,923	4.77	3	3
	Patriotic Alliance	2,577	4.16	0	2,834	4.63	3	3
	Freedom Front Plus	2,243	3.62	0	2,096	3.42	3	3
	Good	2,092	3.38	0	2,099	3.43	2	2
	Independent candidates	1,648	2.66	0				0
	African Christian Democratic Party	570	0.92	0	456	0.74	1	1
	Congress of the People	183	0.30	0	394	0.64	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	274	0.44	0	269	0.44	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	234	0.38	0	251	0.41	0	0
	Africa's New Dawn	135	0.22	0	147	0.24	0	0
	Spectrum National Party	129	0.21	0	91	0.15	0	0
	Economic Emancipation Forum	121	0.20	0	64	0.10	0	0
Total		61,879	100.00	33	61,233	100.00	32	65

Valid votes		61,879	98.56		61,233	98.24
Invalid/blank votes		907	1.44		1,097	1.76
Total votes		62,786	100.00		62,330	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		128,236	48.96		128,236	48.61

Date	Ward
31 August 2022	21	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
22 February 2023	1	African National Congress	African National Congress
11 October 2023	1	African National Congress	Patriotic Alliance
23 Jul 2025^[8]	1	Patriotic Alliance	African National Congress