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Namakwa

6 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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  • Namakwa, Northern Cape
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections

  • 54,4%–56,7%
  • 56,7%–59,8%
  • 59,8%–60,7%
  • 60,7%–62,1%
  • 62,1%–69,5%

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 CONGRESS44,9%
  2. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE27,6%
  3. NAMAKWA CIVIC MOVEMENT12,1%
  4. PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE4,3%
  5. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS3,2%
  6. Others (5)8,0%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by municipality

  1. Kamiesberg69,5%
  2. Karoo Hoogland62,1%
  3. Hantam60,7%
  4. Richtersveld59,8%
  5. Khâi-Ma56,7%
  6. Nama Khoi54,4%

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

District council PR ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 18 955 (44,9% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
72 757
Votes cast
42 715
Turnout
58,7%
Spoilt ballots
498
How many votes did each contestant receive?10 contestants · 42 217 valid votes · totals of 111 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS18 95544,9%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE11 63227,6%
NAMAKWA CIVIC MOVEMENT5 09312,1%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE1 8134,3%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS1 3503,2%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1 0272,4%
NATIONAL ECONOMIC FIGHTERS9362,2%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE7011,7%
GOOD4091,0%
KHOISAN REVOLUTION3010,7%

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

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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

Namakwa 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 CONGRESS4
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE2
NAMAKWA CIVIC MOVEMENT1
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE1
Total8

2021 seat calculation

Elected seats
8
Quota
5 278
Valid votes counted
42 217

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

Namakwa’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, Northern Cape (31 councils) · retrieved

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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 1,9 million2023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - No findings2023/24 · Auditor-General

57 closed · 7 cancelled tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

  • BID NO 39/2026Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF A PANEL OF LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS

    advertised 27 August 2026 · closes 28 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • BID NO 38/2026Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    PROVISION OF FIBRE INTERNET SERVICES FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY-SIX (36) MONTHS

    advertised 17 August 2026 · closes 7 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • BID NO 37/2026Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    PROVISION OF BANKING SERVICES

    advertised 3 August 2026 · closes 9 October 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • Re-Advertisement Tender No: 18/2026Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    Performance Management System

    advertised 23 June 2026 · closes 31 July 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • NOTICE NO: 30/2026 –Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    PROCUREMENT OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM TRAINING

    advertised 5 June 2026 · closes 10 June 2026 · Request for Quotation

Municipalities of Namakwa

2021 boundaries · turnout in the 2021 Local Government Elections

6 municipalities2021 boundaries
NameTypeTurnout
RichtersveldLocal municipality59,8%
Nama KhoiLocal municipality54,4%
KamiesbergLocal municipality69,5%
HantamLocal municipality60,7%
Karoo HooglandLocal municipality62,1%
Khâi-MaLocal municipality56,7%

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

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Boundary data: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), producer and custodian. Geometry simplified for display by Mandate SA; the simplified shapes are not an MDB product.