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The Prince Albert Local Municipality council consists of seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining three 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 obtained a majority of seats.
The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
Event | ANC | DA | KGP | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|
2000 election | 2 | 4 | — | — |
2002 floor-crossing | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
2006 election | 3 | 3 | — | 0 |
2011 election | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
2016 election | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
2021 election | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
The following table shows the results of the 2000 election. [1]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic Alliance | 2,349 | 63.32 | 4 | |
African National Congress | 1,361 | 36.68 | 2 | |
Total | 3,710 | 100.00 | 6 | |
Valid votes | 3,710 | 98.20 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 68 | 1.80 | ||
Total votes | 3,778 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,740 | 79.70 |
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 Prince Albert council, two councillors from the Democratic Alliance (DA) crossed to the New National Party, which had formerly been part of the DA. [2]
Party | Seats before | Net change | Seats after | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic Alliance | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
African National Congress | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
New National Party | — | 2 | 2 |
The following table shows the results of the 2006 election. [3]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|
African National Congress | 2,011 | 51.91 | 3 | |
Democratic Alliance | 1,624 | 41.92 | 3 | |
Independent Democrats | 239 | 6.17 | 0 | |
Total | 3,874 | 100.00 | 6 | |
Valid votes | 3,874 | 99.13 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 34 | 0.87 | ||
Total votes | 3,908 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 5,542 | 70.52 |
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election. [4]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Karoo Gemeenskap Party | 2,632 | 50.42 | 3 | 2,635 | 50.47 | 0 | 3 | |
Democratic Alliance | 1,336 | 25.59 | 0 | 1,334 | 25.55 | 2 | 2 | |
African National Congress | 1,231 | 23.58 | 1 | 1,252 | 23.98 | 1 | 2 | |
Independent candidates | 21 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 5,220 | 100.00 | 4 | 5,221 | 100.00 | 3 | 7 | |
Valid votes | 5,220 | 98.83 | 5,221 | 98.96 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 62 | 1.17 | 55 | 1.04 | ||||
Total votes | 5,282 | 100.00 | 5,276 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,566 | 80.44 | 6,566 | 80.35 |
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election. [5]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Democratic Alliance | 1,848 | 33.56 | 1 | 1,845 | 33.49 | 2 | 3 | |
Karoo Gemeenskap Party | 1,759 | 31.95 | 2 | 1,823 | 33.09 | 0 | 2 | |
African National Congress | 1,775 | 32.24 | 1 | 1,709 | 31.02 | 1 | 2 | |
Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa | 50 | 0.91 | 0 | 50 | 0.91 | 0 | 0 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 37 | 0.67 | 0 | 45 | 0.82 | 0 | 0 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 37 | 0.67 | 0 | 37 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 5,506 | 100.00 | 4 | 5,509 | 100.00 | 3 | 7 | |
Valid votes | 5,506 | 98.69 | 5,509 | 98.69 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 73 | 1.31 | 73 | 1.31 | ||||
Total votes | 5,579 | 100.00 | 5,582 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 7,386 | 75.53 | 7,386 | 75.58 |
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. [6]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Democratic Alliance | 2,103 | 37.65 | 2 | 2,091 | 37.23 | 1 | 3 | |
Karoo Gemeenskap Party | 1,220 | 21.84 | 2 | 1,247 | 22.20 | 0 | 2 | |
Patriotic Alliance | 805 | 14.41 | 0 | 802 | 14.28 | 1 | 1 | |
African National Congress | 619 | 11.08 | 0 | 595 | 10.59 | 1 | 1 | |
Karoo Democratic Force | 226 | 4.05 | 0 | 294 | 5.24 | 0 | 0 | |
United Community Front | 276 | 4.94 | 0 | 236 | 4.20 | 0 | 0 | |
Good | 117 | 2.09 | 0 | 113 | 2.01 | 0 | 0 | |
Spectrum National Party | 101 | 1.81 | 0 | 109 | 1.94 | 0 | 0 | |
Karoo Ontwikkelings Party | 46 | 0.82 | 0 | 64 | 1.14 | 0 | 0 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 47 | 0.84 | 0 | 41 | 0.73 | 0 | 0 | |
Cape Independence Party | 16 | 0.29 | 0 | 19 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | |
Suid - Kaap Saamstaan | 10 | 0.18 | 0 | 5 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 5,586 | 100.00 | 4 | 5,616 | 100.00 | 3 | 7 | |
Valid votes | 5,586 | 98.57 | 5,616 | 98.44 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 81 | 1.43 | 89 | 1.56 | ||||
Total votes | 5,667 | 100.00 | 5,705 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,073 | 70.20 | 8,073 | 70.67 |
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from the election in November 2021.
Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 September 2022 [7] | 4 | Karoo Gemeenskap Party | Democratic Alliance | ||
The by-election took place after the Karoo Gemeenskap Party (KGP), in a coalition with the African National Congress (ANC) and Patriotic Alliance (PA), expelled its ward councillor and mayor Margy Jaftha for supporting the Democratic Alliance (DA) in a motion to replace the speaker and the deputy mayor with DA representatives. Jaftha subsequently stood for the DA against KGP leader Goliat Lottering, winning the seat, and earning the DA an outright majority on the council. [8]
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