City of Cape Town elections

The council of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape, South Africa is elected every five years by a system of mixed-member proportional representation. Half of the councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting from individual wards, while the other half are appointed from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. By-elections are held to replace the councillors elected by wards if a vacancy occurs.

Results[]

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections and floor-crossing periods.

Event	ACDP	ALJ	ANC	COPE	DA	EFF	FF+	ID	NNP	PAC	PA	UDM	Other
2000 election	8	—	77	—	107	—	—	—	—	1	—	3	4
2002 floor-crossing	8	—	80	—	71	—	—	—	32	1	—	3	5
2004 floor-crossing	6	—	104	—	70	—	—	4	5	1	—	3	7
2006 election	7	—	81	—	90	—	1	23	—	1	—	2	5
2007 floor-crossing	7	—	81	—	95	—	1	16	—	1	—	1	8
2011 election	3	1	73	3	135	—	1	—	—	1	—	1	3
2016 election	3	2	57	1	154	7	1	—	—	1	1	1	3
2021 election	6	3	43	0	135	10	4	—	—	1	4	1	24

December 2000 election[]

Seats in the city council after the 2000 election.
Government:

DA (107)

Opposition:

ANC (77)

ACDP (8)

Others (8)

The current form of the City of Cape Town was created in 2000 by merging the six transitional municipalities in the Cape Town metropolitan area (Cape Town/Central, South Peninsula, Blaauwberg, Tygerberg, Oostenberg and Helderberg) and the overarching Cape Metropolitan Council. The council of the new municipality consisted of 200 members, 100 elected from wards and the other 100 from party lists. The election was held on 5 December 2000; the Democratic Alliance won a majority of 107 seats.


Party		List			Ward			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Democratic Alliance	377,885	53.28	41	372,032	52.61	66	107
	African National Congress	272,181	38.38	43	268,124	37.92	34	77
	African Christian Democratic Party	25,976	3.66	8	27,972	3.96	0	8
	United Democratic Movement	11,231	1.58	3	9,098	1.29	0	3
	Africa Muslim Party	8,056	1.14	2	6,484	0.92	0	2
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	4,529	0.64	1	1,873	0.26	0	1
		2,329	0.33	1	1,528	0.22	0	1
	Green Party	1,973	0.28	0	477	0.07	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	1,648	0.23	1	2,287	0.32	0	1
		1,045	0.15	0	1,071	0.15	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	1,025	0.14	0	1,120	0.16	0	0
		869	0.12	0	625	0.09	0	0
	Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party	489	0.07	0				0
	Independents				14,401	2.04	0	0
Total		709,236	100.00	100	707,092	100.00	100	200

Valid votes		709,236	98.87		707,092	98.81
Invalid/blank votes		8,129	1.13		8,497	1.19
Total votes		717,365	100.00		715,589	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,269,582	56.50		1,269,582	56.36
Source: Electoral Commission^[1]^[2]

By-elections from December 2000 to October 2002[]

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the election in December 2000 and the floor crossing period in October 2002.

Date	Ward
25 April 2001^[3]	34	African National Congress	African National Congress
15 August 2001^[4]	71	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
28 August 2002^[5]	62	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance

October 2002 floor crossing[]

Seats in the city council after the 2002 floor crossing.
Government:

ANC (80)

NNP (32)

Opposition:

DA (71)

ACDP (8)

Others (9)

In terms of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution and the judgment of the Constitutional Court in , in the period from 8–22 October 2002 councillors had the opportunity to cross the floor to a different political party without losing their seats.

In the Cape Town city council, the Democratic Alliance (DA) lost 31 councillors to the New National Party (NNP), which had formerly been part of the DA. The DA also lost 3 councillors to the African National Congress (ANC), 1 to the Universal Party and 1 who became an independent. The sole councillor of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) also crossed to the NNP.^[6] The ANC and the NNP formed a coalition which held a majority of 112 seats.

	Seats before	Net change	Seats after
African National Congress	77	3	80
Democratic Alliance	107	36	71
New National Party	–	32	32
African Christian Democratic Party	8	0	8
United Democratic Movement	3	0	3
Africa Muslim Party	2	0	2
	1	0	1
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1	0	1
Independent	–	1	1
Universal Party	–	1	1
Inkatha Freedom Party	1	1	0

By-elections from October 2002 to August 2004[]

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the floor crossing periods in October 2002 and September 2004.

Date	Ward
7 May 2003^[7]	67	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
11 February 2004^[8]	42	African National Congress	African National Congress
23 June 2004^[9]	6	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
	9	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
	13	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
	15	Democratic Alliance	African National Congress
	46	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance

September 2004 floor crossing[]

Seats in the city council after the 2004 floor crossing.
Government:

ANC (104)

NNP (5)

Opposition:

DA (70)

ACDP (6)

Others (15)

Another floor-crossing period occurred on 1–15 September 2004. 23 of the 32 NNP councillors crossed to the ANC, giving the ANC a majority of 104 seats. A further 4 NNP councillors crossed to the ID. 2 councillors of the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) crossed to the Federation of Democrats, a new party.^[10]

	Seats before	Net change	Seats after
African National Congress	81	23	104
Democratic Alliance	70	0	70
African Christian Democratic Party	8	2	6
New National Party	32	27	5
Independent Democrats	–	4	4
United Democratic Movement	3	0	3
Africa Muslim Party	2	0	2
Federation of Democrats	–	2	2
Independent	1	0	1
	1	0	1
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1	0	1
Universal Party	1	0	1

By-elections from September 2004 to February 2006[]

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the floor crossing periods in September 2004 and the election in March 2006.

Date	Ward
24 November 2004^[11]	32	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
7 September 2005^[12]	21	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
7 September 2005^[12]	48	African National Congress	African National Congress

March 2006 election[]

Seats in the city council after the 2006 election.
Government:

DA (90)

ACDP (7)

Others (8)

Opposition:

ANC (81)

ID (23)

PAC (1)

At the election of 1 March 2006, the city council was expanded to 210 members with the addition of 5 new wards and 5 new PR list councillors. No party obtained a majority, with the Democratic Alliance (DA) winning 90 seats, the African National Congress (ANC) 81, and the new Independent Democrats (ID) 23.

After much negotiation, a seven-party governing coalition was formed, consisting of the DA, the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), the Africa Muslim Party (AMP), the United Democratic Movement (UDM), the Freedom Front Plus (VF+), the United Independent Front (UIF), and the Universal Party (UP). The coalition held 105 seats, exactly half of the council, compared to the 104 seats held by the ANC and ID together. The single councillor from the Pan Africanist Congress abstained from the election of the mayor.^[13]


Party		List			Ward			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Democratic Alliance	306,246	42.26	29	303,299	41.45	61	90
	African Christian Democratic Party	22,757	3.14	7	24,145	3.30	0	7
	Africa Muslim Party	9,749	1.35	3	9,567	1.31	0	3
	United Democratic Movement	6,869	0.95	2	5,081	0.69	0	2
	Freedom Front Plus	3,549	0.49	1	3,621	0.49	0	1
	United Independent Front	1,916	0.26	1	1,556	0.21	0	1
	Universal Party	1,009	0.14	1	1,337	0.18	0	1
Seven-party coalition total		352,095	48.58	44	348,606	47.65	61	105
	African National Congress	280,232	38.67	40	271,873	37.16	41	81
	Independent Democrats	79,839	11.02	20	76,711	10.48	3	23
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	4,722	0.65	1	2,386	0.33	0	1
	Inkatha Freedom Party	981	0.14	0	1,254	0.17	0	0
		946	0.13	0	1,190	0.16	0	0
		942	0.13	0	977	0.13	0	0
		715	0.10	0	934	0.13	0	0
		710	0.10	0				0
		683	0.09	0	573	0.08	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	642	0.09	0	280	0.04	0	0
	Peace and Justice Congress	626	0.09	0	734	0.10	0	0
		541	0.07	0	61	0.01	0	0
		414	0.06	0	199	0.03	0	0
	Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party	328	0.05	0	432	0.06	0	0
	Workers International Vanguard League	297	0.04	0				0
					1,276	0.17	0	0
	Independents				24,151	3.30	0	0
Total		724,713	100.00	105	731,637	100.00	105	210

Valid votes		724,713	97.88		731,637	98.77
Invalid/blank votes		15,664	2.12		9,102	1.23
Total votes		740,377	100.00		740,739	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,486,781	49.80		1,486,781	49.82
Source: Electoral Commission^[14]^[15]

By-elections from March 2006 to August 2007[]

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the election in March 2006 and the floor crossing period in September 2007.

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
7 June 2006^[16]	82		Independent Democrats		Democratic Alliance^{[Note 1]}
7 February 2007^[17]	74		Democratic Alliance		Democratic Alliance

September 2007 floor crossing[]

Seats in the city council after the 2007 floor crossing.
Government:

DA (95)

ID (16)

ACDP (7)

Others (3)

Opposition:

ANC (81)

Others (8)

The final floor-crossing period occurred on 1–15 September 2007; floor-crossing was subsequently abolished in 2008 by the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution. In the Cape Town city council, the ID lost three councillors to the new National People's Party (NPP), two to the DA and one to the new . The UDM and the UIF each lost one councillor to the DA, and the AMP lost one councillor to the NPP.^[18] Control of the council was not affected because the ID had joined the governing coalition earlier in the year.

	Seats before	Net change	Seats after
Democratic Alliance	91	4	95
African National Congress	81	0	81
Independent Democrats	22	6	16
African Christian Democratic Party	7	0	7
National People's Party	–	4	4
Africa Muslim Party	3	1	2
United Democratic Movement	2	1	1
Freedom Front Plus	1	0	1
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1	0	1
Universal Party	1	0	1
	–	1	1
United Independent Front	1	1	0

By-elections from September 2007 to May 2011[]

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the floor crossing period in September 2007 and the election in May 2011.

Date	Ward
19 March 2008^[19]	15	Democratic Alliance	Independent Democrats
16 July 2008^[20]	103	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
10 December 2008^[21]^{[Note 2]}	33	African National Congress	Congress of the People^{[Note 3]}
	34	African National Congress	Congress of the People^{[Note 3]}
	35	African National Congress	Congress of the People^{[Note 3]}
	45	African National Congress	Democratic Alliance
	52	African National Congress	Congress of the People^{[Note 3]}
	75	African National Congress	Democratic Alliance
	87	African National Congress	Congress of the People^{[Note 3]}
	88	African National Congress	Congress of the People^{[Note 3]}
25 March 2009^[22]	2	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
25 March 2009^[22]	79	Independent Democrats	Democratic Alliance^{[Note 1]}
6 May 2009^[23]	71	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
24 June 2009^[24]	9	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
	14	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
	70	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
	73	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
18 November 2009^[25]	32	African National Congress	Democratic Alliance
26 May 2010^[26]	44	African National Congress	Democratic Alliance
21 July 2010^[27]	34	Congress of the People	African National Congress
	35	Congress of the People	African National Congress
	98	African National Congress	African National Congress
	99	African National Congress	Democratic Alliance
25 August 2010^[28]	49	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
8 December 2010^[29]	19	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
8 December 2010^[29]	104	African National Congress	African National Congress

May 2011 election[]

Seats in the city council after the 2011 election.
Government:

DA (135)

Opposition:

ANC (73)

Others (13)

At the election of 18 May 2011, the council was expanded to 221 members with the addition of 6 new wards and 5 new PR list seats. The Democratic Alliance won a majority of 135 seats.


Party		List			Ward			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Democratic Alliance	682,929	61.15	57	675,020	60.69	78	135
	African National Congress	370,420	33.17	40	360,827	32.44	33	73
	Congress of the People	12,596	1.13	3	12,059	1.08	0	3
	African Christian Democratic Party	11,873	1.06	3	15,227	1.37	0	3
	National Party	6,038	0.54	1	5,718	0.51	0	1
	United Democratic Movement	4,290	0.38	1	4,402	0.40	0	1
	Al Jama-ah	3,928	0.35	1	4,310	0.39	0	1
	Africa Muslim Party	3,157	0.28	1	4,430	0.40	0	1
	Cape Muslim Congress	2,740	0.25	1	3,658	0.33	0	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1,993	0.18	1	2,606	0.23	0	1
	Freedom Front Plus	1,864	0.17	1	2,121	0.19	0	1
		1,637	0.15	0	942	0.08	0	0
	African People's Convention	1,513	0.14	0	787	0.07	0	0
	Cape Party	1,471	0.13	0	1,561	0.14	0	0
		1,271	0.11	0	1,715	0.15	0	0
		1,048	0.09	0	1,844	0.17	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	1,031	0.09	0	1,888	0.17	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	845	0.08	0	22	0.00	0	0
	National Freedom Party	765	0.07	0	694	0.06	0	0
		724	0.06	0	825	0.07	0	0
	National People's Party	707	0.06	0	1,221	0.11	0	0
	Universal Party	650	0.06	0	1,078	0.10	0	0
		629	0.06	0	1,008	0.09	0	0
		574	0.05	0	291	0.03	0	0
	United Independent Front	436	0.04	0	417	0.04	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	405	0.04	0	322	0.03	0	0
		275	0.02	0	232	0.02	0	0
	Pan Africanist Movement	265	0.02	0	132	0.01	0	0
		167	0.01	0	93	0.01	0	0
		166	0.01	0	423	0.04	0	0
	Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party	165	0.01	0	230	0.02	0	0
	Independent Civic Organisation	151	0.01	0				0
		124	0.01	0	301	0.03	0	0
	Independents				5,893	0.53	0	0
Total		1,116,847	100.00	110	1,112,297	100.00	111	221

Valid votes		1,116,847	99.20		1,112,297	98.98
Invalid/blank votes		8,998	0.80		11,518	1.02
Total votes		1,125,845	100.00		1,123,815	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,745,853	64.49		1,745,853	64.37
Source: Electoral Commission^[30]^[31]

2011 mayoral election[]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Patricia de Lille	Democratic Alliance	137	64.62
	Tony Ehrenreich	African National Congress	75	35.38
Total			212	100.00

Valid votes			212	97.70
Invalid/blank votes			5	2.30
Total votes			217	100.00

By-elections from May 2011 to August 2016[]

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the elections in May 2011 and August 2016.

Date	Ward
7 December 2011^[32]	71	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
18 January 2012^[33]	68	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
25 April 2012^[34]	45	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
19 September 2012^[35]	88	African National Congress	Democratic Alliance
30 January 2013^[36]	22	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
22 May 2013^[37]	105	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
19 February 2014^[38]	35	African National Congress	African National Congress
19 February 2014^[38]	43	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
28 May 2014^[39]	25	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
13 August 2014^[40]	5	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
	54	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
	56	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
5 November 2014^[41]	23	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
1 April 2015^[42]	72	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
9 December 2015^[43]	101	African National Congress	African National Congress

August 2016 election[]

Seats in the city council after the 2016 election.
Government:

DA (154)

Opposition:

ANC (57)

EFF (7)

Others (13)

At the election of 3 August 2016, the council was expanded to 231 members with the addition of 5 new wards and 5 new PR list seats. The Democratic Alliance won a majority of 154 seats.


Party		List			Ward			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Democratic Alliance	832,624	66.75	73	831,890	66.46	81	154
	African National Congress	305,902	24.52	22	302,965	24.20	35	57
	Economic Freedom Fighters	38,871	3.12	7	40,243	3.22	0	7
	African Christian Democratic Party	14,104	1.13	3	16,181	1.29	0	3
	African Independent Congress	9,515	0.76	1	5,228	0.42	0	1
	Al Jama-ah	6,892	0.55	2	9,506	0.76	0	2
	Freedom Front Plus	4,919	0.39	1	5,365	0.43	0	1
	United Democratic Movement	4,139	0.33	1	2,441	0.20	0	1
	Democratic Independent Party	3,472	0.28	1	4,049	0.32	0	1
	Cape Muslim Congress	3,386	0.27	1	3,073	0.25	0	1
	Congress of the People	3,015	0.24	1	3,175	0.25	0	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	2,938	0.24	1	3,381	0.27	0	1
	National Party	2,296	0.18	0	1,988	0.16	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	2,016	0.16	1	2,943	0.24	0	1
	Cape Party	1,760	0.14	0	1,608	0.13	0	0
	Africa Muslim Party	1,571	0.13	0	1,692	0.14	0	0
	Christian Democratic Party	1,097	0.09	0	318	0.03	0	0
		1,056	0.08	0	1,654	0.13	0	0
	African People's Convention	906	0.07	0	749	0.06	0	0
		685	0.05	0	1,085	0.09	0	0
		673	0.05	0	799	0.06	0	0
		622	0.05	0	794	0.06	0	0
		527	0.04	0	243	0.02	0	0
	Ubuntu Party	490	0.04	0	196	0.02	0	0
	National People's Party	449	0.04	0	812	0.06	0	0
		444	0.04	0	218	0.02	0	0
		443	0.04	0	451	0.04	0	0
		442	0.04	0	420	0.03	0	0
		433	0.03	0	45	0.00	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	378	0.03	0	56	0.00	0	0
		357	0.03	0	346	0.03	0	0
		283	0.02	0	276	0.02	0	0
		236	0.02	0	203	0.02	0	0
		171	0.01	0	145	0.01	0	0
		122	0.01	0	39	0.00	0	0
		111	0.01	0	19	0.00	0	0
	Independents				7,077	0.57	0	0
Total		1,247,345	100.00	115	1,251,673	100.00	116	231

Valid votes		1,247,345	98.58		1,251,673	98.83
Invalid/blank votes		17,954	1.42		14,777	1.17
Total votes		1,265,299	100.00		1,266,450	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,977,690	63.98		1,977,690	64.04
Source: Electoral Commission^[44]^[45]

2016 mayoral election[]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Patricia de Lille	Democratic Alliance	160	74.07
	Xolani Sotashe	African National Congress	56	25.93
Total			216	100.00

By-elections from August 2016 to November 2021[]

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the elections in August 2016 and November 2021.

Date	Ward
9 November 2016^[46]	108	African National Congress	African National Congress
2 August 2017^[47]	4	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
20 September 2017^[48]	37	African National Congress	African National Congress
15 November 2017^[49]	93	African National Congress	African National Congress
29 November 2017^[50]	102	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
16 January 2019^[51]	31	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
16 January 2019^[51]	101	African National Congress	African National Congress
13 February 2019^[52]	54	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
19 June 2019^[53]	21	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
21 August 2019^[54]	95	African National Congress	African National Congress
13 November 2019^[55]	19	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
13 November 2019^[55]	82	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
11 November 2020^[56]^{[Note 4]}	14	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
	51	African National Congress	African National Congress
	88	African National Congress	African National Congress
9 December 2020^[57]	115	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance
21 April 2021^[58]	20	Democratic Alliance	Democratic Alliance

November 2018 mayoral election[]

On 31 October 2018, incumbent Mayor Patricia de Lille resigned. An election was held on 6 November 2018 to determine her successor. It was subsequently won by former Mayor, Dan Plato. The candidates nominated were:

Dan Plato (Democratic Alliance), former Provincial Minister of Community Safety (2011 - 2018); former Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament (2011 - 2018); former Mayor of Cape Town (2009 - 2011)
Xolani Sotashe (African National Congress), incumbent Leader of the African National Congress in the Cape Town City Council; Mayoral candidate in 2016; Member of the Cape Town City Council (2000 - present)
Grant Haskin (African Christian Democratic Party), incumbent Leader of the African Christian Democratic Caucus (2016–present); former Deputy Mayor of Cape Town (2007 - 2009); former Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament

The results were as follows.


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Dan Plato	Democratic Alliance	146	72.28
	Xolani Sotashe	African National Congress	53	26.24
	Grant Haskin	African Christian Democratic Party	3	1.49
Total			202	100.00

Valid votes			202	97.12
Invalid/blank votes			6	2.88
Total votes			208	100.00

November 2021 election[]

Seats in the city council after the 2021 election.
Government:

DA (136)

Opposition:

ANC (43)

EFF (10)

Good (9)

Others (33)

The Democratic Alliance won a reduced majority of 136 seats.


Party		List			Ward			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Democratic Alliance	536,164	58.77	53	523,077	57.80	83	136
	African National Congress	170,767	18.72	10	167,770	18.54	33	43
	Economic Freedom Fighters	37,836	4.15	10	37,202	4.11	0	10
	Good	33,594	3.68	9	35,662	3.94	0	9
	Cape Coloured Congress	25,452	2.79	7	25,026	2.77	0	7
	African Christian Democratic Party	20,927	2.29	6	21,511	2.38	0	6
	Freedom Front Plus	13,891	1.52	4	14,634	1.62	0	4
	Patriotic Alliance	13,076	1.43	4	13,946	1.54	0	4
	Al Jama-ah	10,831	1.19	3	11,876	1.31	0	3
	Africa Restoration Alliance	5,836	0.64	2	7,293	0.81	0	2
	United Independent Movement	4,977	0.55	1	5,157	0.57	0	1
	Cape Independence Party	4,962	0.54	1	5,316	0.59	0	1
	Cape Muslim Congress	3,354	0.37	1	3,225	0.36	0	1
	United Democratic Movement	3,093	0.34	1	2,473	0.27	0	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	2,742	0.30	1	1,818	0.20	0	1
	Democratic Independent Party	2,594	0.28	1	1,848	0.20	0	1
	African Independent Congress	2,585	0.28	1	2,851	0.32	0	1
	African Transformation Movement	1,809	0.20	0	870	0.10	0	0
		1,315	0.14	0	1,170	0.13	0	0
	Congress of the People	1,197	0.13	0	675	0.07	0	0
		1,167	0.13	0	800	0.09	0	0
	National Freedom Party	986	0.11	0	1,036	0.11	0	0
		879	0.10	0	906	0.10	0	0
	Dagga Party	822	0.09	0	397	0.04	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	815	0.09	0	95	0.01	0	0
		809	0.09	0	216	0.02	0	0
		790	0.09	0	117	0.01	0	0
		721	0.08	0	1,330	0.15	0	0
		690	0.08	0	507	0.06	0	0
		688	0.08	0	88	0.01	0	0
		585	0.06	0	573	0.06	0	0
		571	0.06	0	427	0.05	0	0
		563	0.06	0	567	0.06	0	0
		553	0.06	0	271	0.03	0	0
	African People's Convention	546	0.06	0	916	0.10	0	0
	Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa	529	0.06	0	433	0.05	0	0
		453	0.05	0	600	0.07	0	0
		440	0.05	0	592	0.07	0	0
	Land Party	383	0.04	0	302	0.03	0	0
		349	0.04	0	20	0.00	0	0
		300	0.03	0	286	0.03	0	0
	Black First Land First	238	0.03	0	188	0.02	0	0
		236	0.03	0	250	0.03	0	0
	Economic Emancipation Forum	212	0.02	0	300	0.03	0	0
		190	0.02	0	17	0.00	0	0
	Compatriots of South Africa	184	0.02	0	77	0.01	0	0
	Abantu Batho Congress	170	0.02	0	134	0.01	0	0
		156	0.02	0	3	0.00	0	0
	Free Democrats	115	0.01	0				0
		99	0.01	0	31	0.00	0	0
					32	0.00	0	0
					13	0.00	0	0
					7	0.00	0	0
	Independents				9,998	1.10	0	0
Total		912,241	100.00	115	904,929	100.00	116	231

Valid votes		912,241	98.82		904,929	98.81
Invalid/blank votes		10,894	1.18		10,866	1.19
Total votes		923,135	100.00		915,795	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,973,708	46.77		1,973,708	46.40
Source: Electoral Commission^[59]^[60]^[61]

2021 mayoral election[]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Geordin Hill-Lewis	Democratic Alliance	141	74.60
		African National Congress	46	24.34
		Cape Independence Party	2	1.06
Total			189	100.00

Valid votes			189	84.38
Invalid/blank votes			35	15.62
Total votes			224	100.00
Source: ^[62]

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b The former councillor was re-elected to the ward on behalf of a different party.
^ The ANC could not stand candidates in this by-election due to a failure to submit paperwork on time.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The former councillor was re-elected to the ward nominally as an independent, but in fact on behalf of COPE, which was not yet a registered party. See http://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/full-western-cape-byelection-results.
^ By-election was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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[samecllr-17] The former councillor was re-elected to the ward on behalf of a different party.

[23] The ANC could not stand candidates in this by-election due to a failure to submit paperwork on time.

[cope-24] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The former councillor was re-elected to the ward nominally as an independent, but in fact on behalf of COPE, which was not yet a registered party. See http://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/full-western-cape-byelection-results.

[60] By-election was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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