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Eastern Cape

33 municipalities on the 2021 boundaries. The latest national and provincial result here is the 2009 National and Provincial Elections (as selected). Turnout in the 2021 Local Government Elections by area, from the official results.

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  • Eastern Cape, South Africa
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections

  • 39,4%–45,5%
  • 45,5%–46,9%
  • 46,9%–48,0%
  • 48,0%–52,4%
  • 52,4%–57,0%

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

2009 National and Provincial Elections

22 April 2009 · Provincial ballot · Eastern Cape provincial legislature ballot · official result

Selected · National & Provincial
Valid votes
2 256 088
Turnout
74,9%
Registered
3 056 559
  1. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS68,8%
  2. CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE13,7%
  3. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE/DEMOKRATIESE ALLIANSIE10,0%
  4. UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT4,1%
  5. AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS0,8%
  6. All others2,6%

National and provincial elections are a different election from local ones; each is shown with its own year. Full 2009 results

2021 Local Government Elections

Municipal PR ballots across 33 municipalities · official results

Votes cast
1 508 103
Turnout
46,4%
Registered voters
3 253 307

Every voter in a municipality receives its PR ballot, so these figures cover all voters. There is no province-wide ballot in local elections.

Turnout by municipality

  1. Kouga57,0%
  2. Ndlambe55,5%
  3. Great Kei54,9%
  4. Blue Crane Route52,8%
  5. Emalahleni52,7%
  6. Ngqushwa52,5%
  7. Matatiele52,4%
  8. Kou-Kamma51,0%
  9. Port St Johns51,0%
  10. Inxuba Yethemba49,2%
  11. Ntabankulu48,3%
  12. Sakhisizwe48,2%

All 33 municipalities

Public money

National infrastructure projects the budget places in this province; municipal finance is on each municipality's page

All projects
Projects placed in Eastern CapeStated province; total budget as stated
ProjectDepartmentStage as statedTotal budget
Eastern Cape: Grootfontein Agricultural Development InstituteAgricultureOther - Packaged Ongoing ProjectR 30 million

Representatives

Members of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature and its delegates to the National Council of Provinces, as official rosters list them

Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature72 listed
Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature72 listed as current members, as at 8 October 2026
NameParty (as listed)Role (as listed)
Sibongile AloniECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS–
Kesava Pillai AnilkumarAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSWhip
David Fundisile BeseAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSChairperson - Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Agrarian Reform
Bukeka BodozaECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS–
Yanga BongaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS–
Mxolisi BuyaPATRIOTIC ALLIANCE–
Virginia Alice Camelio-BenjaminAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSChairperson - Portfolio Committee on Finance and Provincial Treasury
Ntandokazi CapaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSMEC for Health
Yusuf CassimDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEChief Whip of the Opposition Party
Jane Mary CowleyDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE–
Tony DubaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSChairperson of Committees
Mariene EwersDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE–
Gloria Bukiwe FantaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSMEC for Social Development
Malcom FiggDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE–
Koliswa Claribell FihlaniAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSDeputy Chief Whip
Fundile David GadeAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSMEC for Education
Lennox Bogen GaehlerUNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTLeader of the UDM
Tumeka GayaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSChairperson - Portfolio Committee on Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture
Wongama GelaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSWhip
Ntombizodwa GqiranaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSWhip
Lindiwe Gunuza-NkwentshaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSChairperson - Portfolio Committee on Social Development
Tiphany HarmsePATRIOTIC ALLIANCEChairperson - Standing Committee on Public Accounts
Horatio HendricksDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEWhip
Vuyo JaliAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSDeputy Speaker
Mandlakazi KelekuAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSWhip
Chantel KingDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE–
Vicky KnoetzeDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCELeader of the Official Opposition Party
Nonceba KontsiweAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSMEC for Agriculture
Nomasikizi Hendrietta KonzaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSChairperson - Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Tradional Affairs
Leander KrugerDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE–
Anele LizoAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS–
Lubabalo Oscar MabuyaneAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSPremier
Simthembile MadikizelaECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS–
Loyiso MagqashelaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSChief Whip of the Majority Party
Nelson MampofuAFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENTLeader of the ATM
Siphokazi Iris Mani-LusithiAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSMEC for Public Works and Human Settlements
Patricia MankahlaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSWhip
Nontuthuzelo MaqubelaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSChairperson - Standing Committee on Women's Caucus
Thabo MatiwaneAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSWhip
Sigqibokazi Sweetness MbonyanaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSWhip
Mkululi McotshoUNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT–
Pieter MeyVRYHEIDSFRONT PLUSListed as “Freedom Front Plus”Leader of the FF Plus
Avela MjajubanaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSWhip
Nokuthula MlokotiECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERSWhip
Kabelo MogatosiDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE–
Heinrich MullerDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE–
Gerald Mlungisi MvokoAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSMEC for Finance
Wandile NgcobeUMKHONTO WESIZWEListed as “uMkhonto WeSizwe Party”Leader of the MK
Sibulele NgongoAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSMEC for Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture
Siyabonga NhanhaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS–
Zikhona NjoliECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS–
Xolile Edmund NqathaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSMEC for Transport and Community Safety
Nozibele NyalambisaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSDeputy Chairperson of Committees
Retief OdendaalDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE–
Nonkqubela Ntomboxolo PietersAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSMEC for Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism
Alice Nomvula PoncoAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSWhip
Juan-Pierre PretoriusAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS–
Mlibo QoboshiyaneAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSChairperson - Standing Committee on Public Participation, Petitions and Public Education
Portia Zoleka QotoyiECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS–
Mawethu RuneAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSChairperson - Portfolio Committee on Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism
Helen Mercedes Sauls-AugustAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSSpeaker
Mpumelelo SaziwaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSChairperson - Portfolio Committee on Office of the Premier
Monde SondabaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSChairperson - Portfolio Committee on Education
Asanda TebekanaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSWhip
Sindile ToniAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSChairperson - Portfolio Committee on Roads and Transport
Lona TshotshoECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS–
Makhaya Merriman TwabuAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSChairperson - Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements
Petros VantyuAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS–
Zilindile Marshall VenaECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERSLeader of the EFF
Koliswa VimbayoAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSChairperson - Portfolio Committee on Health
Zolile WilliamsAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSMEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Noncedo ZintiUNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT–
Permanent delegates to the National Council of Provinces · Eastern Cape6 listed as current members, as at 8 October 2026
NameParty (as listed)Role (as listed)
Joseph Hendrik Pieter BritzDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEListed as “DA”–
Makhi FeniAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSListed as “ANC”–
Asanda MatshobeniECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERSListed as “EFF”–
Mary Bernadette NdlangisaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSListed as “ANC”–
Mwelo NonkonyanaAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSListed as “ANC”–
Mandla Matthewis PeterUNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTListed as “UDM”–

Each name opens the person’s record, with the roster it comes from. Everyone listed for Eastern Cape

Municipalities of Eastern Cape

2021 boundaries · turnout in the 2021 Local Government Elections

33 municipalities2021 boundaries
NameTypeTurnout
Buffalo CityMetropolitan municipality45,2%
Nelson Mandela BayMetropolitan municipality45,8%
MatatieleLocal municipality52,4%
NtabankuluLocal municipality48,3%
UmzimvubuLocal municipality47,0%
Winnie Madikizela-MandelaLocal municipality46,6%
AmahlathiLocal municipality47,2%
Great KeiLocal municipality54,9%
MbhasheLocal municipality46,0%
MnqumaLocal municipality42,3%
NgqushwaLocal municipality52,5%
Raymond MhlabaLocal municipality48,0%
Dr AB XumaLocal municipality46,7%
EmalahleniLocal municipality52,7%
Enoch MgijimaLocal municipality47,0%
Intsika YethuLocal municipality48,1%
Inxuba YethembaLocal municipality49,2%
SakhisizweLocal municipality48,2%
ElundiniLocal municipality47,8%
SenquLocal municipality46,4%
Walter SisuluLocal municipality47,2%
King Sabata DalindyeboLocal municipality39,4%
MhlontloLocal municipality45,5%
Ngquza HillLocal municipality44,5%
NyandeniLocal municipality42,3%
Port St JohnsLocal municipality51,0%
Blue Crane RouteLocal municipality52,8%
Dr Beyers NaudeLocal municipality46,9%
Kou-KammaLocal municipality51,0%
KougaLocal municipality57,0%
MakanaLocal municipality42,9%
NdlambeLocal municipality55,5%
Sundays River ValleyLocal municipality46,4%

Province record and boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) · MDB Provinces (provincial boundaries, ArcGIS item 2c9c5b4a166d4c6ab148119fe462c127), GeoJSON export · retrieved

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