The African National Congress received 646,328 votes in Johannesburg on the PR ballot (59,29%) and 626,026 for its ward candidates (57,82%) for a total of 1,272,354 votes (58,56% of all valid votes). It won 84 out of 130 ward seats and 153 seats out of a total of 260.
The Democratic Alliance received 374,505 votes on the PR ballot (34,35%) and 377,799 votes on the Ward Ballot (34,9%) for a total of 752,304 votes (34,62%). It won 90 seats (including 45 ward seats.)
Voter turnout was 54.94%. There were 11,724 spoilt votes on the PR ballot and 15,803 on the ward ballot for a total of 27,527 (1.25%).
The ANC increased the number of votes it received, as compared to the 2006 local government election, by 410,021 votes or 47,55%. However, its share of the vote decreased only because the number of votes cast for the DA increased by 377,848 (100,91%). The DA received more votes in Johannesburg in this election than the ANC did in the 2000 local government poll (see tables below).
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2011 local government elections |
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|
Party Name |
Valid Votes (Ward + PR) |
% Votes |
Total Seats |
Ward Seats |
PR List Seats |
% Seats Won |
|
ANC |
1,272,354 |
58.56% |
153 |
84 |
69 |
58.85% |
|
DA |
752,304 |
34.62% |
90 |
45 |
45 |
34.62% |
|
IFP |
35,490 |
1.63% |
4 |
1 |
3 |
1.54% |
|
COPE |
25,035 |
1.15% |
3 |
0 |
3 |
1.15% |
|
NFP |
17,006 |
0.78% |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0.77% |
|
INDEPENDENTS |
10,019 |
0.46% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
ACDP |
9,185 |
0.42% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.38% |
|
PAC |
8,493 |
0.39% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.38% |
|
FF+ |
5,433 |
0.25% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.38% |
|
UDM |
5,022 |
0.23% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.38% |
|
AZAPO |
4,802 |
0.22% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.38% |
|
OPERATION KHANYISA MOVEMENT |
4,423 |
0.20% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.38% |
|
CDP |
2,135 |
0.10% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
CHRISTIAN FRONT |
481 |
0.02% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY |
267 |
0.01% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF AZANIA |
501 |
0.02% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
AFRIKANER CHRISTEN ALLIANSIE |
2,011 |
0.09% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
UNITED RESIDENTS FRONT |
242 |
0.01% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS PARTY |
1,429 |
0.07% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION |
9,970 |
0.46% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.38% |
|
SA PROGRESSIVE CIVIC ORGANISATION |
1,196 |
0.06% |
0 |
0 |
|
0.00% |
|
AL JAMA-AH |
4,989 |
0.23% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.38% |
|
Total |
2,172,787 |
100.00% |
260 |
130 |
130 |
100.00% |
|
2006 local government elections |
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|
Party Name |
Valid Votes |
% Votes |
Total Seats |
Ward Seats |
PR List Seats |
% Seats Won |
|
ANC |
862,333 |
62.29% |
136 |
75 |
61 |
62.67% |
|
DA |
374,456 |
27.05% |
59 |
31 |
28 |
27.19% |
|
IFP |
46,597 |
3.37% |
7 |
2 |
5 |
3.23% |
|
ID |
26,369 |
1.90% |
4 |
0 |
4 |
1.84% |
|
INDEPENDENT |
13,883 |
1.00% |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.46% |
|
ACDP |
13,519 |
0.98% |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0.92% |
|
PAC |
10,890 |
0.79% |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0.92% |
|
FF+ |
7,894 |
0.57% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.46% |
|
UDM |
5,955 |
0.43% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.46% |
|
AZAPO |
5,820 |
0.42% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.46% |
|
OPERATION KHANYISA MOVEMENT |
4,305 |
0.31% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.46% |
|
CDP |
2,988 |
0.22% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.46% |
|
CHRISTIAN FRONT |
2,917 |
0.21% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.46% |
|
NADECO |
2,381 |
0.17% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
UIF |
1,384 |
0.10% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
GEMINI |
1,163 |
0.08% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS FORUM |
633 |
0.05% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
SUNRISE PARK, PROTEA CITY AND GREENSIDE RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATI |
469 |
0.03% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
ECONOMIC FREEDOM MOVEMENT |
371 |
0.03% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Total |
1,384,327 |
100.00% |
217 |
109 |
108 |
100.00% |
|
2000 local government elections |
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|
Party Name |
Valid Votes |
% Votes |
Total Seats |
Ward Seats |
PR List Seats |
% Seats Won |
|
ANC |
707,110 |
59.18% |
128 |
70 |
58 |
58.99% |
|
DA |
403,663 |
33.78% |
73 |
37 |
36 |
33.64% |
|
IFP |
42,466 |
3.55% |
8 |
2 |
6 |
3.69% |
|
PAC |
14,802 |
1.24% |
3 |
0 |
3 |
1.38% |
|
UDM |
7,279 |
0.61% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.46% |
|
ACDP |
4,922 |
0.41% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.46% |
|
CDP |
4,258 |
0.36% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.46% |
|
AZAPO |
3,398 |
0.28% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.46% |
|
FF+ |
2,594 |
0.22% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.46% |
|
GEMINI MOVEMENT |
1,802 |
0.15% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
GPSA |
1,544 |
0.13% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
WORKERS PARTY |
1,074 |
0.09% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Total |
1,194,912 |
100.00% |
217 |
109 |
108 |
100.00% |
Data source: www.elections.org.za. Note: Because the number of "valid votes" is made up of both PR and Ward votes, the actual number of voters is half the number of votes.
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