Hessequa Local Municipality elections

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The council of the Hessequa Local Municipality (previously the Langeberg Local Municipality) consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 no party obtained a majority; the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) subsequently formed a coalition to govern the municipality.^[1]

The DA won a majority in the 2021 election.

Results[]

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.

Event	ANC	DA	FF+	Other
2000 election	7	8	-	0
2006 election	9	6	-	0
2011 election	6	7	-	2
2016 election	8	8	1	0
2021 election	6	9	1	1

December 2000 election[]

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.^[2]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Alliance	8,263	51.57	3	8,358	52.07	5	8
	African National Congress	7,655	47.78	5	7,693	47.93	2	7
	Independent candidates	104	0.65	0				0
Total		16,022	100.00	8	16,051	100.00	7	15
Valid votes		16,022	98.55		16,051	98.74
Invalid/blank votes		235	1.45		205	1.26
Total votes		16,257	100.00		16,256	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,588	78.96		20,588	78.96

By-elections from December 2000 to September 2004[]

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 September 2004.^[3]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
27 August 2003	1		African National Congress		African National Congress

September 2004 floor crossing[]

In terms of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, in the period from 1–15 September 2004 councillors had the opportunity to cross the floor to a different political party without losing their seats. In the Langeberg council one councillor crossed from the Democratic Alliance to the African National Congress.

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after
	African National Congress	7	1	8
	Democratic Alliance	8	1	7

March 2006 election[]

The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.^[4]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	9,341	56.66	5	9,428	57.32	4	9
	Democratic Alliance	6,644	40.30	3	6,667	40.54	3	6
	African Christian Democratic Party	176	1.07	0	202	1.23	0	0
	United Independent Front	117	0.71	0	150	0.91	0	0
	Independent candidates	208	1.26	0				0
Total		16,486	100.00	8	16,447	100.00	7	15
Valid votes		16,486	99.20		16,447	99.05
Invalid/blank votes		133	0.80		157	0.95
Total votes		16,619	100.00		16,604	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		24,360	68.22		24,360	68.16

September 2007 floor crossing[]

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 Hessequa council, one councillor from the Democratic Alliance (DA) crossed to the African National Congress, while another DA councillor left the party to sit as an independent.^[5]

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after
	African National Congress	9	1	10
	Democratic Alliance	6	2	4
	Independent	—	1	1

May 2011 election[]

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.^[6]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Alliance	9,425	47.40	4	9,434	47.43	3	7
	African National Congress	8,038	40.42	4	8,060	40.52	2	6
	Congress of the People	1,330	6.69	0	1,301	6.54	1	1
		970	4.88	0	955	4.80	1	1
		118	0.59	0	115	0.58	0	0
		5	0.03	0	26	0.13	0	0
Total		19,886	100.00	8	19,891	100.00	7	15
Valid votes		19,886	99.24		19,891	99.26
Invalid/blank votes		153	0.76		149	0.74
Total votes		20,039	100.00		20,040	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		27,251	73.53		27,251	73.54

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.^[3]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
24 April 2013	7		Democratic Alliance		Democratic Alliance

August 2016 election[]

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.^[7]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	9,935	45.69	6	10,040	46.59	2	8
	Democratic Alliance	8,808	40.51	3	9,590	44.50	5	8
	Freedom Front Plus	987	4.54	0	1,115	5.17	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,359	6.25	0				0
	Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa	531	2.44	0	543	2.52	0	0
	Economic Freedom Fighters	83	0.38	0	124	0.58	0	0
		40	0.18	0	140	0.65	0	0
Total		21,743	100.00	9	21,552	100.00	8	17
Valid votes		21,743	99.46		21,552	98.62
Invalid/blank votes		119	0.54		301	1.38
Total votes		21,862	100.00		21,853	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		30,950	70.64		30,950	70.61

By-elections from August 2016 to November 2021[]

The following by-election was held to fill a vacant ward seat in the period between the elections in August 2016 and November 2021.^[3]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
10 April 2019	4		African National Congress		Democratic Alliance

November 2021 election[]

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[8]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Alliance	10,391	49.67	6	10,597	50.70	3	9
	African National Congress	7,309	34.94	3	7,245	34.66	3	6
	Freedom Front Plus	1,647	7.87	0	1,577	7.54	1	1
	Patriotic Alliance	572	2.73	0	606	2.90	1	1
		265	1.27	0	285	1.36	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	159	0.76	0	182	0.87	0	0
	Good	143	0.68	0	141	0.67	0	0
	Independent candidates	182	0.87	0				0
	Cape Independence Party	75	0.36	0	89	0.43	0	0
	Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa	71	0.34	0	80	0.38	0	0
	Economic Freedom Fighters	72	0.34	0	76	0.36	0	0
		32	0.15	0	24	0.11	0	0
Total		20,918	100.00	9	20,902	100.00	8	17
Valid votes		20,918	99.51		20,902	99.34
Invalid/blank votes		103	0.49		138	0.66
Total votes		21,021	100.00		21,040	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		33,270	63.18		33,270	63.24

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