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West Coast

5 municipalities on the 2021 boundaries. Official results of the 2021 Local Government Elections below (the latest verified for this place), with their sources.

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  • West Coast, Western Cape
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections

  • 47,4%–51,0%
  • 51,0%–52,6%
  • 52,6%–54,6%
  • 54,6%–54,9%
  • 54,9%–54,9%

Votes cast on the municipal PR ballot ÷ registered voters. Classes split the areas shown into equal groups.

MDB 2021 boundaries · select an area to open it

Share of valid votes

District council PR ballot · 2021 Local Government Elections · official result

  1. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47,7%
  2. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS24,3%
  3. GOOD7,5%
  4. PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE5,9%
  5. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS5,2%
  6. Others (10)9,4%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by municipality

  1. Cederberg54,9%
  2. Bergrivier54,6%
  3. Matzikama52,6%
  4. Saldanha Bay51,0%
  5. Swartland47,4%

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

District council PR ballot

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE received the most PR-ballot votes: 48 100 (47,7% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
197 665
Votes cast
101 981
Turnout
51,6%
Spoilt ballots
1 130
How many votes did each contestant receive?15 contestants · 100 851 valid votes · totals of 147 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE48 10047,7%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS24 50124,3%
GOOD7 5547,5%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE5 9395,9%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS5 2745,2%
CEDERBERG FIRST RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION3 8973,9%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS2 4932,5%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1 0401,0%
CAPE INDEPENDENCE PARTY / KAAPSE ONAFHANKLIKHEIDS PARTY6570,7%
SOCIALIST REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS PARTY4910,5%
Others (5 contestants together)9050,9%
Show all 15 contestants
All 15 contestants15 contestants · 100 851 valid votes · totals of 147 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE48 10047,7%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS24 50124,3%
GOOD7 5547,5%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE5 9395,9%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS5 2745,2%
CEDERBERG FIRST RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION3 8973,9%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS2 4932,5%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1 0401,0%
CAPE INDEPENDENCE PARTY / KAAPSE ONAFHANKLIKHEIDS PARTY6570,7%
SOCIALIST REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS PARTY4910,5%
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE3260,3%
KONSERWATIEWE PARTY/CONSERVATIVE PARTY2300,2%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT1600,2%
DEMOCRATIC NEW CIVIC ASSOCIATION1130,1%
AL JAMA-AH760,1%

Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, Western Cape (CSV) · retrieved

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IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, Western Cape (CSV) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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Attribution
Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za — 2021 Local Government Elections.

Totals are the sum of the IEC’s published voting-district results, checked against the IEC’s own totals when the data was loaded. Party names are shown exactly as the IEC publishes them.

Council

West Coast District Municipality Council: the seats elected on the district ballot in 2021 (40% of the council; the rest are appointed by its local councils)

Directly elected seats by party, 2021IEC seat calculation
PartySeats
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE5
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS2
GOOD1
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE1
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS1
Total10

2021 seat calculation

Elected seats
10
Quota
10 086
Valid votes counted
100 851

Seats on the district ballot are shared in proportion to votes. Appointed members are not listed here.

Mayor, speaker and other office-bearers are not on the record yet

West Coast’s office-bearers and PR councillors are not in the record yet. They appear once an authoritative source for them is captured and approved; none are inferred from party lists.

Sources: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · IEC — Seat Calculation Detail, 2021 Local Government Elections, Western Cape (30 councils) · retrieved

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IEC — Seat Calculation Detail, 2021 Local Government Elections, Western Cape (30 councils) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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Attribution
Seat calculations: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za.

Public money

Budgets, audited spending and audit opinions as National Treasury publishes them for the municipality; tenders it publishes under its own name

Budgets, spending and audits
Total revenue, audited actual—no audited year published
Irregular expenditure, reportedR 423 0852023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - No findings2023/24 · Auditor-General

No organ of state on the eTender portal is linked to this municipality by an identical name; its notices, if any, are listed under the name the portal prints.

Municipalities of West Coast

2021 boundaries · turnout in the 2021 Local Government Elections

5 municipalities2021 boundaries
NameTypeTurnout
MatzikamaLocal municipality52,6%
CederbergLocal municipality54,9%
BergrivierLocal municipality54,6%
Saldanha BayLocal municipality51,0%
SwartlandLocal municipality47,4%

District municipality record and boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) · MDB Local Municipalities 2021 (ArcGIS item 27bbdd5b041b4ba6b5707dfed5aa3923), GeoJSON export · retrieved

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MDB Local Municipalities 2021 (ArcGIS item 27bbdd5b041b4ba6b5707dfed5aa3923), GeoJSON export (external site)Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB)
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Attribution
Boundary data: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), producer and custodian. Geometry simplified for display by Mandate SA; the simplified shapes are not an MDB product.