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Bitou

7 wards on the 2021 boundaries. Official results of the 2021 Local Government Elections below (the latest verified for this place), with their sources. The latest national and provincial result here is the 2024 National and Provincial Elections.

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  • Bitou, Garden Route
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

  • 58,7%–60,0%
  • 60,0%–60,3%
  • 60,3%–65,8%
  • 65,8%–67,4%
  • 67,4%–73,8%

Votes cast ÷ registered voters, per ward. Classes split the wards shown into equal groups.

MDB 2021 boundaries · select an area to open it

2024 National and Provincial Elections

29 May 2024 · National ballot · Counted in Bitou · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial
Valid votes
20 360
Turnout
62,7%
Registered
32 827
  1. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE45,3%
  2. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS31,7%
  3. PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE11,0%
  4. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS4,5%
  5. UMKHONTO WESIZWE1,2%
  6. All others6,3%

National and provincial elections are a different election from local ones; each is shown with its own year. Full 2024 results

Share of valid votes

Proportional representation (PR) ballot · 2021 Local Government Elections · official result

  1. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE40,5%
  2. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS29,3%
  3. ACTIVE UNITED FRONT8,9%
  4. PLETT DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS6,2%
  5. PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE5,7%
  6. Others (13)9,4%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 273,8%
  2. Ward 167,4%
  3. Ward 465,8%
  4. Ward 561,4%
  5. Ward 760,3%
  6. Ward 660,0%
  7. Ward 358,7%

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE received the most PR-ballot votes: 7 921 (40,5% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
30 863
Votes cast
19 775
Turnout
64,1%
Spoilt ballots
219
How many votes did each contestant receive?18 contestants · 19 556 valid votes · totals of 18 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE7 92140,5%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 72629,3%
ACTIVE UNITED FRONT1 7388,9%
PLETT DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS1 2196,2%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE1 1185,7%
IKHWEZI POLITICAL MOVEMENT6453,3%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS2691,4%
SOCIALIST REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS PARTY1470,8%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT1440,7%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1280,7%
Others (8 contestants together)5012,6%
Show all 18 contestants
All 18 contestants18 contestants · 19 556 valid votes · totals of 18 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE7 92140,5%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 72629,3%
ACTIVE UNITED FRONT1 7388,9%
PLETT DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS1 2196,2%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE1 1185,7%
IKHWEZI POLITICAL MOVEMENT6453,3%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS2691,4%
SOCIALIST REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS PARTY1470,8%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT1440,7%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1280,7%
GOOD1060,5%
BITOU CONCERNED RESIDENTS1000,5%
CITIZENS RIGHTS PROTECTION UNITY710,4%
THE ORGANIC HUMANITY MOVEMENT710,4%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA560,3%
CAPE INDEPENDENCE PARTY / KAAPSE ONAFHANKLIKHEIDS PARTY500,3%
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE260,1%
IQELA LENTSANGO - DAGGA PARTY210,1%

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

Bitou Local Municipality Council: seats won in the 2021 Local Government Elections, as the IEC calculated them

Seats by party, 2021IEC seat calculation printed 22 November 2021
PartyWardPRSeats
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE325
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS314
PLETT DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS101
ACTIVE UNITED FRONT011
IKHWEZI POLITICAL MOVEMENT011
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE011
Total7613

2021 seat calculation

Seats
13
Quota
3 018
Valid votes counted
39 233

Proportional representation: each party’s total follows its share of the PR and ward votes; its ward winners count first and PR list members fill the rest.

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

Bitou’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.

“Ward seats today”: the IEC’s list of current ward councillors and, for the 0 wards that list leaves out after a by-election, the candidate that by-election elected (the list omits by-election winners). Neither source dates when a councillor left office.

Sources: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 2 official files · 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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Seat calculations: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za.
Source
IEC — List of current ward councillors, Western Cape (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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Ward councillors: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), www.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 22 million2023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items2023/24 · Auditor-General

308 closed · 7 published · 4 cancelled tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

  • SCM/2026/87/CORPAdvertised as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES FOR A PERIOD ENDING 30 JUNE 2029.

    advertised 7 October 2026 · closes 30 October 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Proposal

  • SCM/2026/90/PDAdvertised as published on 11 October 2026

    Compilation of Spatial Development Framework (SDF) and Capital Expenditure Framework (CEF) for Bitou Local Municipality.

    advertised 25 September 2026 · closes 23 October 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Proposal

  • SCM/2026/97/COMMAdvertised as published on 11 October 2026

    Supply & Delivery of Disaster Relief Items – Food Parcel for a period ending 30 June 2029.

    advertised 25 September 2026 · closes 23 October 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Proposal

  • SCM/2026/99/ENGAdvertised as published on 11 October 2026

    SUPPLY, INSTALL AND COMMISSION REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANES AT THE PLETTENBERG BAY DESALINATION PLANT.

    advertised 25 September 2026 · closes 30 October 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Proposal

  • SCM/2026/95/ENGAdvertised as published on 11 October 2026

    Manufacture, Supply and Delivery of New Rescue Pumper for a period ending 30 June 2027.

    advertised 25 September 2026 · closes 30 October 2026 · Western Cape · Request for Proposal

Wards of Bitou

With each ward’s councillor as the IEC lists today, the party that won it in 2021, and its turnout

7 wards2021 boundaries
WardCouncillor todayWon in 2021Turnout
Ward 1JESSICA NOREEN KAMKAMDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE67,4%
Ward 2DAVID JOHN SWARTDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE73,8%
Ward 3THEMBELA MHLANAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS58,7%
Ward 4CLAUDE NIELTON JOHN TERBLANCHEPLETT DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSPLETT DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS65,8%
Ward 5SAMKELE ALUNCEDO LAMLA MANGXABAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS61,4%
Ward 6NOKUTHULA TEENAGE SETIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS60,0%
Ward 7ANNELISE RENATA OLIVIERDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE60,3%

“Won in 2021”: the IEC’s ward-ballot results of the 2021 Local Government Elections, the latest general local election with verified results (sources on each ward’s page); by-elections since then are on each ward’s page. “Councillor today”: the IEC’s list of current ward councillors, read 9 October 2026, or, for a ward it leaves out, the latest by-election result.

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

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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.