Results of the May 18 2011 local government elections in Cape Town:
The Democratic Alliance won Cape Town with 682,929 votes on the PR ballot (61,15%) and 675,020 on the Ward ballot (60,69%) giving it a total of 1,357,949 votes (60,92%). It won 78 out of 111 ward seats, and 135 seats out of 211 in total.
The African National Congress won a total of 731,247 votes (PR + Ward) and 73 seats in total, including 33 ward seats.
The voter turnout was 64,66% and 0,91% of ballots were spoilt.
In the 2006 local government elections the DA received 609,545 votes (41,85%) and the ID 156,550 (10,95%) - 766,095 votes (52,6%) combined. See tables below. Thus in 2011 the DA (now including the ID) increased the number of votes the two parties had received in 2006 by 591,854, a 77,3% increase. Its share of the vote increased by 8,31 percentage points.
The ANC actually secured 179,142 more votes than it did in 2006, a 32,45% increase. However, because this rise was so much smaller than that of the DA its share of the vote ended up falling by 5,11% points.
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2011 local government elections |
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Party Name |
Valid Votes (PR + Ward) |
% Votes |
Ward |
PR List |
Total |
% Seats Won |
|
DA |
1,357,949 |
60.92% |
78 |
57 |
135 |
61.09% |
|
ANC |
731,247 |
32.80% |
33 |
40 |
73 |
33.03% |
|
COPE |
24,655 |
1.11% |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1.36% |
|
ACDP |
27,100 |
1.22% |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1.36% |
|
INDEPENDENT |
5,893 |
0.26% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
AFRICA MUSLIM PARTY |
7,587 |
0.34% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.45% |
|
UCDP |
867 |
0.04% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
UDM |
8,692 |
0.39% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.45% |
|
FF+ |
3,985 |
0.18% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.45% |
|
PAC |
4,599 |
0.21% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.45% |
|
AFRICAN PEOPLES CONVENTION |
2,300 |
0.10% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
NFP |
1,459 |
0.07% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
UIF |
853 |
0.04% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
IFP |
2,919 |
0.13% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
AZAPO |
727 |
0.03% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
ABOLITION OF INCOME TAX AND USURY PARTY |
395 |
0.02% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
AFRICAN BOND OF UNITY |
507 |
0.02% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
AL JAMA-AH |
8,238 |
0.37% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.45% |
|
CAPE MUSLIM CONGRESS |
6,398 |
0.29% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.45% |
|
CAPE PARTY |
3,032 |
0.14% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
COMMUNITY COALITION |
2,986 |
0.13% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
DEMOCRATS FOR CHANGE |
2,579 |
0.12% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
INDEPENDENT CIVIL ORGANISATION OF SA |
151 |
0.01% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY |
1,637 |
0.07% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
NATIONAL INDEPENDENT CIVIL ASSOCIATION |
2,892 |
0.13% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
NATIONAL PARTY OF SA |
11,756 |
0.53% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.45% |
|
NATIONAL PEOPLE'S PARTY |
1,928 |
0.09% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
PAN AFRICANIST MOVEMENT |
397 |
0.02% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY |
260 |
0.01% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
SA PROGRESSIVE CIVICS ORGANISATION |
1,549 |
0.07% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
UNITED MAJORITY FRONT |
425 |
0.02% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
UNIVERSAL CIVICS OF SA |
589 |
0.03% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
UNIVERSAL PARTY |
1,728 |
0.08% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
WESTERN CAPE COMMUNITY |
865 |
0.04% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Total |
2,229,144 |
100.00% |
111 |
110 |
221 |
100.00% |
|
2006 local government elections |
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|
Party Name |
Valid Votes (PR + Ward) |
% Votes |
Total Seats |
Ward Seats |
PR List Seats |
% Seats Won |
|
DA |
609,545 |
41.85% |
90 |
61 |
29 |
42.86% |
|
ANC |
552,105 |
37.91% |
81 |
41 |
40 |
38.57% |
|
ID |
156,550 |
10.75% |
23 |
3 |
20 |
10.95% |
|
ACDP |
46,902 |
3.22% |
7 |
0 |
7 |
3.33% |
|
INDEPENDENT |
24,151 |
1.66% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
AFRICA MUSLIM PARTY |
19,316 |
1.33% |
3 |
0 |
3 |
1.43% |
|
UDM |
11,950 |
0.82% |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0.95% |
|
FF+ |
7,170 |
0.49% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.48% |
|
PAC |
7,108 |
0.49% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.48% |
|
UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT |
3,472 |
0.24% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.48% |
|
UNIVERSAL PARTY |
2,346 |
0.16% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.48% |
|
IFP |
2,235 |
0.15% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
FEDERATION OF DEMOCRATS |
2,136 |
0.15% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
PRBELASTINGBETALERS PARTY |
1,919 |
0.13% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
MODERATE INDEPENDENT PARTY |
1,649 |
0.11% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
PEACE AND JUSTICE CONGRESS |
1,360 |
0.09% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
UNITED PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA |
1,276 |
0.09% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
PENSION POVERTY RELIEF AND UNEMPLOYMENT FRONT |
1,256 |
0.09% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
AZAPO |
922 |
0.06% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
ABOLITION OF INCOME TAX AND USURY PARTY |
760 |
0.05% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT |
710 |
0.05% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
FIRST COMMUNITY PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA |
613 |
0.04% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
ALLIANCE OF FREE DEMOCRATS |
602 |
0.04% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
WORKERS INTERNATIONAL VANGUARD LEAGUE |
297 |
0.02% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Total |
1,456,350 |
100.00% |
210 |
105 |
105 |
100.00% |
|
2000 local government elections |
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|
Party Name |
Valid Votes (PR + Ward) |
% Votes |
Ward Seats |
PR List Seats |
Total Seats |
% Seats Won |
|
DA |
749,917 |
53.49% |
66 |
41 |
107 |
53.50% |
|
ANC |
540,305 |
38.54% |
34 |
43 |
77 |
38.50% |
|
ACDP |
53,948 |
3.85% |
0 |
8 |
8 |
4.00% |
|
UDM |
20,329 |
1.45% |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1.50% |
|
AFRICA MUSLIM PARTY |
14,540 |
1.04% |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1.00% |
|
PAC |
6,402 |
0.46% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.50% |
|
IFP |
3,935 |
0.28% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.50% |
|
MODERATE INDEPENDENT PARTY |
3,857 |
0.28% |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.50% |
|
THE GREEN PARTY OF SA |
2,450 |
0.17% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
AZAPO |
2,145 |
0.15% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
THE CAPE PEOPLES CONGRESS |
2,116 |
0.15% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
HELDERBERG COMMUNITY CIVIC ORGANIZATION |
1,494 |
0.11% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
ABOLITION OF INCOME TAX AND USURY PARTY |
489 |
0.03% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Total |
1,401,927 |
100.00% |
100 |
100 |
200 |
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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