Sol Plaatje Local Municipality elections

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

Results

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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

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress39,23970.831940,03471.961938
Democratic Alliance15,03527.14814,77226.55614
Independent candidates7131.2900
Inkatha Freedom Party2270.4104450.8011
United Democratic Movement1870.3403810.6800
Total55,401100.002755,632100.002653
Valid votes55,40197.2155,63297.54
Invalid/blank votes1,5882.791,4032.46
Total votes56,989100.0057,035100.00
Registered voters/turnout97,28158.5897,28158.63

March 2006 election

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The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.[2]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress40,43972.492340,32173.601740
Democratic Alliance9,69717.3849,52617.39610
Independent Democrats1,7703.1701,8263.3322
African Christian Democratic Party1,3962.5001,3302.4311
Azanian People's Organisation6431.1506551.2011
Independent candidates1,1362.0411
Freedom Front Plus3970.7105250.9600
Inkatha Freedom Party1790.3202520.4600
United Independent Front330.0602430.4400
Federation of Democrats980.1801080.2000
Total55,788100.002854,786100.002755
Valid votes55,78898.3854,78696.54
Invalid/blank votes9161.621,9653.46
Total votes56,704100.0056,751100.00
Registered voters/turnout111,41350.90111,41350.94

May 2011 election

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The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.[3]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress46,37962.982247,50563.971840
Democratic Alliance19,49726.47919,44726.19716
Congress of the People5,8217.9005,5567.4855
African Christian Democratic Party9801.3308481.1411
Azanian People's Organisation3800.5205860.7900
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania3490.4703210.4300
Independent candidates2390.3200
Total73,645100.003174,263100.003162
Valid votes73,64598.2974,26398.52
Invalid/blank votes1,2821.711,1141.48
Total votes74,927100.0075,377100.00
Registered voters/turnout121,36761.74121,36762.11

August 2016 election

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The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress44,15857.052144,75758.411738
Democratic Alliance22,40628.951123,12830.18819
Economic Freedom Fighters5,7287.4005,8057.5855
Congress of the People1,1911.5401,1781.5411
Independent candidates2,3573.0511
Freedom Front Plus8591.1108961.1711
African Christian Democratic Party5120.6605250.6900
Azanian People's Organisation1920.2503360.4400
Total77,403100.003376,625100.003265
Valid votes77,40398.8276,62598.74
Invalid/blank votes9211.189801.26
Total votes78,324100.0077,605100.00
Registered voters/turnout130,31860.10130,31859.55

November 2021 election

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The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress30,83749.832730,91350.48633
Democratic Alliance12,59120.35612,70220.74814
Economic Freedom Fighters5,6009.0505,9949.7966
Sol- Plaatjie Service Delivery Forum2,6454.2702,9234.7733
Patriotic Alliance2,5774.1602,8344.6333
Freedom Front Plus2,2433.6202,0963.4233
Good2,0923.3802,0993.4322
Independent candidates1,6482.6600
African Christian Democratic Party5700.9204560.7411
Congress of the People1830.3003940.6400
Azanian People's Organisation2740.4402690.4400
African Transformation Movement2340.3802510.4100
Africa's New Dawn1350.2201470.2400
Spectrum National Party1290.210910.1500
Economic Emancipation Forum1210.200640.1000
Total61,879100.003361,233100.003265
Valid votes61,87998.5661,23398.24
Invalid/blank votes9071.441,0971.76
Total votes62,786100.0062,330100.00
Registered voters/turnout128,23648.96128,23648.61

By-elections from November 2021

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The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from November 2021. In ward 21, the DA candidate had their party membership terminated after switching to ActionSA, and in the by-election held on 31 August 2022, the DA candidate retained the seat for the party.[6][7]

Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor
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

In ward 1, the ANC councillor died. In the resulting by-election in February 2023, Ferguson Moses retained the seat for the party, which had taken the seat from the Democratic Alliance (DA) in 2021. The Patriotic Alliance (PA) gained significant support to finish in third place.[8]

Moses defected to the Patriotic Alliance, resulting in a by-election held in October 2023. He retained the seat, the first by-election win in the Northern Cape for the PA. The DA candidate defected to the PA after nominations had closed, the third candidate to move from the DA to the PA in 2023. The election also saw the by-election debut of Build One South Africa, whose candidate received 1% of the vote.

As a result of the October by-election, the ANC lost its majority in the municipality.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Sol Plaatje". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Sol Plaatje". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Sol Plaatje". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2016 — Sol Plaatje". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Sol Plaatje". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa".
  7. ^ Sussman, Wayne (1 September 2022). "AUGUST BY-ELECTIONS: EFF edges closer but ANC retains seat in tricky Mpumalanga test". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  8. ^ Sussman, Wayne (23 February 2023). "FEBRUARY BY-ELECTIONS: Patriotic Alliance delivers more scares, but ANC and DA hang on to seats in Northern and Eastern Cape". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  9. ^ Sussman, Wayne (12 October 2023). "October by-elections: EFF, PA upset ANC in Mpumalanga, N Cape". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 12 October 2023.