Camdeboo Local Municipality elections

The council of the Camdeboo Local Municipality was elected in 2000, 2006 and 2011 by a system of mixed-member proportional representation. Half of the councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting from individual wards, while the other half were appointed from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received.

In 2016 the Camdeboo Local Municipality was merged with two others to create the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality; for election results in the merged municipality see Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality elections.

Results

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.

Event	ANC	DA	Other	Total
2000 election	6	4	1	11
2002 floor-crossing	6	3	2	11
2004 floor-crossing	8	3	0	11
2006 election	8	3	0	11
2011 election	8	6	0	14

2000 elections

Main article: 2000 South African municipal elections

The Camdeboo Local Municipality was created in 2000, replacing the transitional local councils of Graaff-Reinet, Aberdeen and Nieu-Bethesda. The council consisted of 11 members; the ANC obtained a majority of 6.

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	5,534	55.84	4	5,568	56.27	2	6
	Democratic Alliance	3,622	36.55	2	3,527	35.64	2	4
	United Democratic Movement	643	6.49	0	800	8.08	1	1
	Independent candidates	112	1.13	0				0
Total		9,911	100.00	6	9,895	100.00	5	11
Valid votes		9,911	97.46		9,895	97.28
Invalid/blank votes		258	2.54		277	2.72
Total votes		10,169	100.00		10,172	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		17,641	57.64		17,641	57.66
Source: [1]

By-elections from December 2000 to October 2002

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the election in December 2000 and the floor crossing period in October 2002. ^[2]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
19 June 2002	5		African National Congress		African National Congress

October 2002 floor crossing

See also: Floor crossing (South Africa)

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 , in the period from 8–22 October 2002 councillors had the opportunity to cross the floor to a different political party without losing their seats. In the Camdeboo council, one councillor crossed from the Democratic Alliance (DA) to the New National Party (NNP), which had formerly been part of the DA. ^[3]

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after
	African National Congress	6	0	6
	Democratic Alliance	4	1	3
	United Democratic Movement	1	0	1
	New National Party	–	1	1

September 2004 floor crossing

Another floor-crossing period occurred on 1–15 September 2004, in which the councillors from the NNP and the United Democratic Movement crossed to the ANC. ^[4]

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after
	African National Congress	6	2	8
	Democratic Alliance	3	0	3
	United Democratic Movement	1	1	0
	New National Party	1	1	0

2006 elections

Main article: 2006 South African municipal elections

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	6,859	67.40	5	6,840	67.14	3	8
	Democratic Alliance	2,461	24.18	1	2,608	25.60	2	3
	Freedom Front Plus	402	3.95	0	431	4.23	0	0
	Independent Democrats	121	1.19	0	309	3.03	0	0
	Independent candidates	333	3.27	0				0
Total		10,176	100.00	6	10,188	100.00	5	11
Valid votes		10,176	97.56		10,188	97.66
Invalid/blank votes		255	2.44		244	2.34
Total votes		10,431	100.00		10,432	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		21,100	49.44		21,100	49.44
Source: [5]

2011 elections

Main article: 2011 South African municipal elections

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	7,382	55.09	4	7,493	55.91	4	8
	Democratic Alliance	5,586	41.69	3	5,634	42.04	3	6
	Independent Ratepayers Association of SA	174	1.30	0	89	0.66	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	136	1.02	0	95	0.71	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	121	0.90	0	90	0.67	0	0
Total		13,399	100.00	7	13,401	100.00	7	14
Valid votes		13,399	98.86		13,401	98.94
Invalid/blank votes		155	1.14		144	1.06
Total votes		13,554	100.00		13,545	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		23,164	58.51		23,164	58.47
Source: [6]

By-elections from May 2011 to August 2016

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the election in May 2011 and the dissolution of the municipality in August 2016. ^[2]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
20 January 2016	5		Democratic Alliance		Democratic Alliance

References

1. "Election Result Table for LGE2000 — Camdeboo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
2. "Municipal By-elections results". Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
3. "2002 Detailed Floor Crossing Report" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
4. "2004 Floor Crossing - Summary report" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
5. "Election Result Table for LGE2006 — Camdeboo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
6. "Election Result Table for LGE2011 — Camdeboo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 23 December 2021.