Results of the May 18 2011 local government elections in Tshwane Metropolitan Council (Pretoria):
The African National Congress won Tshwane Municipality with 408,413 PR votes (56,46%) and 391,954 ward votes (54,18%) - a total of 800,367 valid votes (55,32%). It secured 68 out of 105 ward seats and 118 out of 210 seats in total.
The Democratic Alliance secured a total of 559,286 valid votes, 39,05% of the total. It won 82 seats (including 37 ward seats.)
55,32% of registered voters went to the polls, with 1,32% of all ballots spoilt.
The ANC increased its number of valid votes by 312,974 a jump of 64,21%. However, the boundaries of Tshwane were extended between the 2006 and 2011 elections, and it is not clear how much of this increase was due to these changes.
The ANC's share of the vote declined by 1.03 percentage points, despite the increase in absolute support, due to an even larger jump in DA support. The opposition managed to secure 293,832 more "valid votes" in 2011 than in 2006, a 110,7% increase. Strikingly, the DA secured more votes in this election than the ANC attained in 2006 and 2000.
It is an open question whether the ANC owes its continuing majority in Pretoria to the earlier gerrymandering of the City's boundaries (ahead of both the 2000 and 2011 elections).
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2011 local government elections |
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Party Name |
Valid Votes (Ward + PR) |
% Votes |
Ward Seats |
PR List Seats |
Total Seats |
% Seats Won |
|
ANC |
800,367 |
55.32% |
68 |
50 |
118 |
56.19% |
|
DA |
559,286 |
38.65% |
37 |
45 |
82 |
39.05% |
|
FF+ |
23,996 |
1.66% |
0 |
4 |
4 |
1.90% |
|
ACDP |
9,147 |
0.63% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.48% |
|
PAC |
3,827 |
0.26% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.48% |
|
COPE |
13,093 |
0.90% |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0.95% |
|
UCDP |
1,979 |
0.14% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
AFRIKANER CHRISTEN ALLIANSIE |
1,635 |
0.11% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
IFP |
1,755 |
0.12% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
AZAPO |
2,803 |
0.19% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.48% |
|
CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY |
1,699 |
0.12% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
INDEPENDENTS |
16,833 |
1.16% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
UDM |
1,074 |
0.07% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION |
5,864 |
0.41% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.48% |
|
INDEPENDENT RATEPAYERS OF SA |
1,032 |
0.07% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
NFP |
610 |
0.04% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS PARTY |
597 |
0.04% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
CHRISTIAN FRONT |
759 |
0.05% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
MOVEMENT DEMOCRATIC PARTY |
534 |
0.04% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Total |
1,446,890 |
1 |
105 |
105 |
210 |
1 |
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2006 local government elections |
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|
Party Name |
Valid Votes (Ward + PR) |
% Votes |
Ward Seats |
PR List Seats |
Total Seats |
% Seats Won |
|
ANC |
487,393 |
56.35% |
52 |
35 |
87 |
57.24% |
|
DA |
265,454 |
30.69% |
24 |
23 |
47 |
30.92% |
|
FF+ |
38,472 |
4.45% |
0 |
7 |
7 |
4.61% |
|
ACDP |
17,419 |
2.01% |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1.97% |
|
PAC |
10,286 |
1.19% |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1.32% |
|
INDEPENDENT |
9,861 |
1.14% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
ID |
7,260 |
0.84% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.66% |
|
UCDP |
5,853 |
0.68% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.66% |
|
AFRIKANER CHRISTEN ALLIANSIE |
3,008 |
0.35% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.66% |
|
IFP |
2,893 |
0.33% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.66% |
|
AZAPO |
2,723 |
0.31% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.66% |
|
CDP |
2,607 |
0.30% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.66% |
|
UDM |
2,479 |
0.29% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
SOSHANGUVE CIVIC ASSOCIATION |
2,043 |
0.24% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
NADECO |
1,977 |
0.23% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
ASCORA |
1,642 |
0.19% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
UIF |
1,480 |
0.17% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
FA |
1,403 |
0.16% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
UNITED COMMUNITY INDEPENDENT PARTY |
681 |
0.08% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Total |
864,934 |
100.00% |
76 |
76 |
152 |
100.00% |
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2000 local government elections |
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|
Party Name |
Valid Votes (Ward + PR) |
% Votes |
Ward Seats |
PR List Seats |
Total Seats |
% Seats Won |
|
ANC |
467,308 |
56.31% |
48 |
38 |
86 |
56.58% |
|
DA |
290,976 |
35.06% |
27 |
27 |
54 |
35.53% |
|
ACDP |
18,530 |
2.23% |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1.97% |
|
VISION- VISIE 2000+ |
12,569 |
1.51% |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1.32% |
|
INDEPENDENT |
11,866 |
1.43% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.66% |
|
PAC |
8,763 |
1.06% |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1.32% |
|
UCDP |
6,724 |
0.81% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.66% |
|
UDM |
4,254 |
0.51% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.66% |
|
IFP |
3,016 |
0.36% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.66% |
|
ASCORA |
2,637 |
0.32% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.66% |
|
AZAPO |
1,908 |
0.23% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
CHRISTEN PROTESTANTE PARTY |
1,387 |
0.17% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Total |
829,938 |
100.00% |
76 |
76 |
152 |
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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