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Garden Route

7 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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  • Garden Route, Western Cape
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections

  • 44,2%–50,8%
  • 50,8%–55,4%
  • 55,4%–60,5%
  • 60,5%–63,2%
  • 63,2%–64,1%

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 ALLIANCE46,4%
  2. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS24,6%
  3. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS5,7%
  4. GOOD4,4%
  5. INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA4,1%
  6. Others (13)14,8%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by municipality

  1. Bitou64,1%
  2. Hessequa63,2%
  3. Kannaland60,5%
  4. Knysna55,5%
  5. Mossel Bay55,4%
  6. George50,8%
  7. Oudtshoorn44,2%

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

District council PR ballot

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE received the most PR-ballot votes: 85 033 (46,4% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
344 928
Votes cast
186 204
Turnout
54,0%
Spoilt ballots
2 826
How many votes did each contestant receive?18 contestants · 183 378 valid votes · totals of 218 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE85 03346,4%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45 13324,6%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS10 4565,7%
GOOD7 9864,4%
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA7 5774,1%
PLAASLIKE BESORGDE INWONERS6 4463,5%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE6 0163,3%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS3 6262,0%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY2 6351,4%
ACTIVE UNITED FRONT2 0071,1%
Others (8 contestants together)6 4633,5%
Show all 18 contestants
All 18 contestants18 contestants · 183 378 valid votes · totals of 218 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE85 03346,4%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45 13324,6%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS10 4565,7%
GOOD7 9864,4%
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA7 5774,1%
PLAASLIKE BESORGDE INWONERS6 4463,5%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE6 0163,3%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS3 6262,0%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY2 6351,4%
ACTIVE UNITED FRONT2 0071,1%
KNYSNA INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT1 7030,9%
OUDTSHOORN GEMEENSKAP INISIATIEF1 3460,7%
CAPE INDEPENDENCE PARTY / KAAPSE ONAFHANKLIKHEIDS PARTY8890,5%
KANNALAND INDEPENDENT PARTY7880,4%
IKHWEZI POLITICAL MOVEMENT6940,4%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT4830,3%
COMPATRIOTS OF SOUTH AFRICA3280,2%
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE2320,1%

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

Details
Source
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

Garden Route 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 ALLIANCE7
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS3
GOOD1
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA1
PLAASLIKE BESORGDE INWONERS1
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS1
Total14

2021 seat calculation

Elected seats
14
Quota
13 099
Valid votes counted
183 378

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

Garden Route’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 35 million2023/24
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 Garden Route

2021 boundaries · turnout in the 2021 Local Government Elections

7 municipalities2021 boundaries
NameTypeTurnout
KannalandLocal municipality60,5%
HessequaLocal municipality63,2%
Mossel BayLocal municipality55,4%
GeorgeLocal municipality50,8%
OudtshoornLocal municipality44,2%
BitouLocal municipality64,1%
KnysnaLocal municipality55,5%

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.