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O.R.Tambo

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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  • O.R.Tambo, Eastern Cape
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections

  • 39,4%–42,3%
  • 42,3%–44,5%
  • 44,5%–45,5%
  • 45,5%–51,0%
  • 51,0%–51,0%

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. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS75,0%
  2. UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT7,3%
  3. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS6,9%
  4. AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT4,5%
  5. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE2,1%
  6. Others (8)4,3%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by municipality

  1. Port St Johns51,0%
  2. Mhlontlo45,5%
  3. Ngquza Hill44,5%
  4. Nyandeni42,3%
  5. King Sabata Dalindyebo39,4%

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

District council PR ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 203 483 (75,0% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
650 093
Votes cast
281 207
Turnout
43,3%
Spoilt ballots
9 732
How many votes did each contestant receive?13 contestants · 271 475 valid votes · totals of 1 111 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS203 48375,0%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT19 8367,3%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS18 8176,9%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT12 1514,5%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE5 6172,1%
CIVIC INDEPENDENT4 3701,6%
INDEPENDENT SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CIVIC ORGANISATION2 2120,8%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA1 7180,6%
AFRICAN DEMOCRATS1 1240,4%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE8090,3%
Others (3 contestants together)1 3380,5%
Show all 13 contestants
All 13 contestants13 contestants · 271 475 valid votes · totals of 1 111 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS203 48375,0%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT19 8367,3%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS18 8176,9%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT12 1514,5%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE5 6172,1%
CIVIC INDEPENDENT4 3701,6%
INDEPENDENT SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CIVIC ORGANISATION2 2120,8%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA1 7180,6%
AFRICAN DEMOCRATS1 1240,4%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE8090,3%
SOUTH AFRICAN SECURITY ORGANISATION5460,2%
BATHO PELE MOVEMENT4370,2%
GOD SAVE AFRICA3550,1%

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

Details
Source
IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, Eastern 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

O.R.Tambo 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
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS18
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS2
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT2
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT1
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE1
Total24

2021 seat calculation

Elected seats
24
Quota
11 312
Valid votes counted
271 475

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

O.R.Tambo’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, Eastern Cape (39 councils) · retrieved

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IEC — Seat Calculation Detail, 2021 Local Government Elections, Eastern Cape (39 councils) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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Published by the IEC on its official websites; reproduced as published, with attribution (IEC copyright notice: www.elections.org.za/pw/Copyright-Notice).
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 182 million2023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items2023/24 · 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 O.R.Tambo

2021 boundaries · turnout in the 2021 Local Government Elections

5 municipalities2021 boundaries
NameTypeTurnout
Ngquza HillLocal municipality44,5%
Port St JohnsLocal municipality51,0%
NyandeniLocal municipality42,3%
MhlontloLocal municipality45,5%
King Sabata DalindyeboLocal municipality39,4%

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

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Source
MDB Local Municipalities 2021 (ArcGIS item 27bbdd5b041b4ba6b5707dfed5aa3923), GeoJSON export (external site)Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB)
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Loaded, checked against the source’s own totals, and approved by an editor on .
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MDB terms for municipal and ward boundary data : released for public use with limited restrictions; not to be sold or appropriated for commercial use; may be used in research, publications and value-added products if the MDB is acknowledged as producer and custodian; changed data must not be passed on as an MDB product; faults to be reported to the MDB (SDI Act 54 of 2003).
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.