City of Tshwane elections
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality council consists of 214 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation . 107 are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 107 wards , while the remaining 107 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 , no party won a majority of seats on the council.
Results
The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
December 2000 election
The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.[ 1] [ 2]
Party Ward List Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats African National Congress 230,654 55.39 48 236,654 57.22 38 86 Democratic Alliance 144,690 34.75 27 146,286 35.37 27 54 African Christian Democratic Party 10,000 2.40 0 8,530 2.06 3 3 Vision 2000+ 6,551 1.57 0 6,018 1.46 2 2 Independent candidates 11,866 2.85 1 1 Pan Africanist Congress of Azania 3,909 0.94 0 4,854 1.17 2 2 United Christian Democratic Party 2,876 0.69 0 3,848 0.93 1 1 United Democratic Movement 1,986 0.48 0 2,268 0.55 1 1 Inkatha Freedom Party 1,432 0.34 0 1,584 0.38 1 1 Ascora 1,279 0.31 0 1,358 0.33 1 1 Azanian People's Organisation 765 0.18 0 1,143 0.28 0 0 Christen Protestante Party van Suider Afrika 352 0.08 0 1,035 0.25 0 0 Green Party of South Africa 73 0.02 0 0 Total 416,433 100.00 76 413,578 100.00 76 152 Valid votes 416,433 98.63 413,578 98.23 Invalid/blank votes 5,769 1.37 7,433 1.77 Total votes 422,202 100.00 421,011 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 925,884 45.60 925,884 45.47
October 2002 floor crossing
In terms of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution and the judgment of the Constitutional Court in United Democratic Movement v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others cross the floor to a different political party without losing their seats.
In the Tshwane council, seven councillors crossed from the Democratic Alliance (DA) to the New National Party (NNP), which had formerly been part of the DA, one councillor crossed from the DA to the African National Congress (ANC), and two councillors left the DA to sit as independents. The two councillors of Vision 2000+ crossed to the Christian Democratic Party ; the single United Democratic Movement councillor crossed to the United Christian Democratic Party; and one independent councillor joined the ANC.[ 3]
By-elections from October 2002 to August 2004
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the floor crossing periods in October 2002 and September 2004.[ 4]
September 2004 floor crossing
Another floor-crossing period occurred on 1–15 September 2004. Five councillors crossed from the NNP to the ANC, while the remaining NNP councillor crossed to the Freedom Front Plus. One councillor crossed from the African Christian Democratic Party to the Independent Democrats, one crossed from the Christian Democratic Party to the DA, and one crossed from the Pan Africanist Congress to the DA.[ 5]
By-elections from September 2004 to February 2006
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the floor crossing periods in September 2004 and the election in March 2006.[ 4]
March 2006 election
The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.[ 6] [ 7]
Party Ward List Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats African National Congress 239,923 55.39 52 247,470 57.32 35 87 Democratic Alliance 132,926 30.69 24 132,528 30.70 23 47 Freedom Front Plus 19,300 4.46 0 19,172 4.44 7 7 African Christian Democratic Party 8,954 2.07 0 8,465 1.96 3 3 Pan Africanist Congress of Azania 5,733 1.32 0 4,553 1.05 2 2 Independent candidates 9,861 2.28 0 0 Independent Democrats 3,201 0.74 0 4,059 0.94 1 1 United Christian Democratic Party 2,704 0.62 0 3,149 0.73 1 1 African Christian Alliance 1,057 0.24 0 1,951 0.45 1 1 Inkatha Freedom Party 1,484 0.34 0 1,409 0.33 1 1 Azanian People's Organisation 1,334 0.31 0 1,389 0.32 1 1 Christian Democratic Party 1,284 0.30 0 1,323 0.31 1 1 United Democratic Movement 1,020 0.24 0 1,459 0.34 0 0 Soshanguve Civic Association 975 0.23 0 1,068 0.25 0 0 National Democratic Convention 910 0.21 0 1,067 0.25 0 0 Ascora 625 0.14 0 1,017 0.24 0 0 United Independent Front 611 0.14 0 869 0.20 0 0 Federal Alliance 595 0.14 0 808 0.19 0 0 United Community Independent Party 681 0.16 0 0 Total 433,178 100.00 76 431,756 100.00 76 152 Valid votes 433,178 98.77 431,756 98.53 Invalid/blank votes 5,404 1.23 6,447 1.47 Total votes 438,582 100.00 438,203 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,064,759 41.19 1,064,759 41.16
By-elections from March 2006 to August 2007
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the election in March 2006 and the floor crossing period in September 2007.[ 4]
September 2007 floor crossing
The final floor-crossing period occurred on 1–15 September 2007; floor-crossing was subsequently abolished in 2008 by the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution . In the Tshwane council one councillor crossed from the Pan Africanist Congress to the African People's Convention, and one councillor crossed from the Independent Democrats to the Inkatha Freedom Party.[ 8]
By-elections from September 2007 to May 2011
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the floor crossing period in September 2007 and the election in May 2011.[ 4]
May 2011 election
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.[ 9] [ 10] Metsweding District Municipality to the City of Tshwane.
Party Ward List Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats African National Congress 391,954 54.18 68 408,413 56.46 50 118 Democratic Alliance 278,998 38.56 37 280,288 38.74 45 82 Freedom Front Plus 12,485 1.73 0 11,511 1.59 4 4 Independent candidates 16,833 2.33 0 0 Congress of the People 6,661 0.92 0 6,432 0.89 2 2 African Christian Democratic Party 4,880 0.67 0 4,267 0.59 1 1 African People's Convention 2,529 0.35 0 3,335 0.46 1 1 Pan Africanist Congress of Azania 2,014 0.28 0 1,813 0.25 1 1 Azanian People's Organisation 1,495 0.21 0 1,308 0.18 1 1 United Christian Democratic Party 894 0.12 0 1,085 0.15 0 0 Inkatha Freedom Party 907 0.13 0 848 0.12 0 0 Christian Democratic Party 925 0.13 0 774 0.11 0 0 African Christian Alliance 1,002 0.14 0 633 0.09 0 0 United Democratic Movement 426 0.06 0 648 0.09 0 0 Independent Ratepayers Association of SA 358 0.05 0 674 0.09 0 0 Christian Front 458 0.06 0 301 0.04 0 0 National Freedom Party 119 0.02 0 491 0.07 0 0 Black Consciousness Party 244 0.03 0 353 0.05 0 0 Movement Democratic Party 290 0.04 0 244 0.03 0 0 Total 723,472 100.00 105 723,418 100.00 105 210 Valid votes 723,472 98.62 723,418 98.74 Invalid/blank votes 10,091 1.38 9,213 1.26 Total votes 733,563 100.00 732,631 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,326,427 55.30 1,326,427 55.23
By-elections from May 2011 to August 2016
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the elections in May 2011 and August 2016.[ 4]
August 2016 election
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[ 11] [ 12]
Party Ward List Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Democratic Alliance 381,146 43.20 39 381,044 43.10 54 93 African National Congress 361,950 41.02 68 366,702 41.48 21 89 Economic Freedom Fighters 102,511 11.62 0 102,895 11.64 25 25 Freedom Front Plus 17,789 2.02 0 17,421 1.97 4 4 African Christian Democratic Party 4,553 0.52 0 4,168 0.47 1 1 Independent candidates 5,185 0.59 0 0 Congress of the People 2,347 0.27 0 1,975 0.22 1 1 Pan Africanist Congress of Azania 1,767 0.20 0 1,269 0.14 1 1 African People's Convention 417 0.05 0 2,151 0.24 0 0 United Democratic Movement 889 0.10 0 1,157 0.13 0 0 African Mandate Congress 504 0.06 0 786 0.09 0 0 Azanian People's Organisation 693 0.08 0 543 0.06 0 0 African Christian Alliance 561 0.06 0 654 0.07 0 0 Patriotic Alliance 421 0.05 0 781 0.09 0 0 Inkatha Freedom Party 220 0.02 0 862 0.10 0 0 Christian Democratic Party 530 0.06 0 506 0.06 0 0 Agang South Africa 194 0.02 0 392 0.04 0 0 Forum for Service Delivery 194 0.02 0 360 0.04 0 0 African People's Socialist Party 251 0.03 0 164 0.02 0 0 United Front of Civics 79 0.01 0 184 0.02 0 0 Movement Democratic Party 25 0.00 0 79 0.01 0 0 United Christian Democratic Party 48 0.01 0 0 Total 882,274 100.00 107 884,093 100.00 107 214 Valid votes 882,274 98.86 884,093 98.86 Invalid/blank votes 10,193 1.14 10,224 1.14 Total votes 892,467 100.00 894,317 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,512,524 59.01 1,512,524 59.13
By-elections from August 2016 to November 2021
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the elections in August 2016 and November 2021.[ 4]
November 2021 election
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[ 13] [ 14]
Party Ward List Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats African National Congress 231,520 34.42 70 234,521 34.84 5 75 Democratic Alliance 217,190 32.29 37 213,852 31.77 32 69 Economic Freedom Fighters 73,605 10.94 0 70,228 10.43 23 23 ActionSA 53,712 7.99 0 62,502 9.28 19 19 Freedom Front Plus 53,506 7.96 0 52,458 7.79 17 17 African Christian Democratic Party 6,281 0.93 0 6,094 0.91 2 2 Independent candidates 9,623 1.43 0 0 African Independent Congress 2,581 0.38 0 5,442 0.81 1 1 Defenders of the People 3,879 0.58 0 3,291 0.49 1 1 Patriotic Alliance 3,525 0.52 0 3,219 0.48 1 1 Congress of the People 1,351 0.20 0 1,246 0.19 1 1 Pan Africanist Congress of Azania 1,194 0.18 0 1,393 0.21 1 1 Republican Conference of Tshwane 1,700 0.25 0 869 0.13 1 1 African Transformation Movement 1,109 0.16 0 1,197 0.18 1 1 Good 1,131 0.17 0 1,065 0.16 1 1 Inkatha Freedom Party 596 0.09 0 1,385 0.21 1 1 African Mandate Congress 677 0.10 0 1,244 0.18 0 0 United Independent Movement 491 0.07 0 1,173 0.17 0 0 Africa Restoration Alliance 952 0.14 0 659 0.10 0 0 Christian Democratic Party 741 0.11 0 614 0.09 0 0 Concern 748 0.11 0 568 0.08 0 0 Abantu Batho Congress 526 0.08 0 768 0.11 0 0 Party of Action 500 0.07 0 763 0.11 0 0 United Democratic Movement 494 0.07 0 760 0.11 0 0 African Covenant 641 0.10 0 455 0.07 0 0 Azanian People's Organisation 664 0.10 0 384 0.06 0 0 Al Jama-ah 341 0.05 0 576 0.09 0 0 Arusha Economic Coalition 345 0.05 0 547 0.08 0 0 Agang South Africa 761 0.11 0 0 Economic Emancipation Forum 344 0.05 0 404 0.06 0 0 The People's Voice 376 0.06 0 351 0.05 0 0 African People's Convention 294 0.04 0 425 0.06 0 0 Federal Party SA 354 0.05 0 329 0.05 0 0 United Christian Democratic Party 37 0.01 0 624 0.09 0 0 Activists Movement of South Africa 290 0.04 0 350 0.05 0 0 Black First Land First 246 0.04 0 388 0.06 0 0 The Organic Humanity Movement 325 0.05 0 271 0.04 0 0 Democratic Artists Party 35 0.01 0 412 0.06 0 0 Forum for Service Delivery 190 0.03 0 234 0.03 0 0 National Freedom Party 99 0.01 0 292 0.04 0 0 God Save Africa 23 0.00 0 210 0.03 0 0 Agency for New Agenda 222 0.03 0 0 Spectrum National Party 132 0.02 0 82 0.01 0 0 United Cultural Movement 29 0.00 0 152 0.02 0 0 South African Royal Kingdoms Organization 5 0.00 0 167 0.02 0 0 Poelano Revelation Party 8 0.00 0 142 0.02 0 0 Bolsheviks Party of South Africa 54 0.01 0 76 0.01 0 0 Active Movement for Change 51 0.01 0 0 Khoisan Kingdom and All People 38 0.01 0 0 Disability and Older Person Political Party 27 0.00 0 0 Cape Coloured Congress 23 0.00 0 0 Total 672,603 100.00 107 673,165 100.00 107 214 Valid votes 672,603 98.84 673,165 98.70 Invalid/blank votes 7,918 1.16 8,843 1.30 Total votes 680,521 100.00 682,008 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,526,585 44.58 1,526,585 44.68
By-elections from November 2021
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since November 2021.[ 4]
Notes
^ The former ward councillor was elected for the Democratic Alliance but had subsequently crossed the floor to the New National Party.
^ By-election was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
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