Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality

Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality
Local municipality
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictZF Mgcawu
SeatUpington
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
Area
[1]
 • Total
44,231 km2 (17,078 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
100,497
 • Density2.3/km2 (5.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNC087

Dawid Kruiper Municipality (Afrikaans: Dawid Kruiper Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Mier and //Khara Hais local municipalities.[2] The municipality is named after the San politician Dawid Kruiper.

Politics

Main article: Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 eighteen seats on the council.[3][4][5]

The following table shows the results of the election.

Dawid Kruiper local election, 1 November 2021
Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 17,470 17,262 34,732 55.1% 14 4 18
Democratic Alliance 10,991 11,169 22,160 35.2% 3 9 12
Khoisan Revolution 927 1,017 1,944 3.1% 0 1 1
Freedom Front Plus 786 771 1,557 2.5% 0 1 1
Economic Freedom Fighters 523 556 1,079 1.7% 0 1 1
Congress of the People 305 365 670 1.1% 0 0 0
Independent South African National Civic Organisation 166 168 334 0.5% 0 0 0
African Christian Democratic Party 147 123 270 0.4% 0 0 0
Africa Restoration Alliance 72 68 140 0.2% 0 0 0
Patriotic Alliance 63 – 63 0.1% 0 – 0
African Transformation Movement 15 28 43 0.1% 0 0 0
Total 31,465 31,527 62,992 17 16 33
Valid votes 31,465 31,527 62,992 98.4%
Spoilt votes 490 555 1,045 1.6%
Total votes cast 31,955 32,082 64,037
Voter turnout 32,259
Registered voters 59,509
Turnout percentage 54.2%

References

  1. ^ a b Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Mier, //Khara Hais.
  2. ^ "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Dawid Kruiper". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  4. ^ "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-12. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-12. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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