Langeberg Local Municipality elections

The council of the Langeberg Local Municipality (formerly the Breede River/Winelands Local Municipality) consists of twenty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining eleven 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 1 November 2021 the Democratic Alliance (DA) obtained a plurality of ten seats.

Results

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

Event	ANC	DA	PDM	Other	Total
2000 election	7	9	-	3	19
2002 floor-crossing	8	11	-	0	19
2006 election	9	6	1	4	20
2011 election	7	11	1	4	23
2016 election	6	12	1	4	23
2021 election	6	10	1	6	23

December 2000 election

Main article: 2000 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.^[1]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Alliance	7,393	43.72	5	7,799	46.09	4	9
	African National Congress	6,088	36.01	4	6,275	37.09	3	7
	Civic Alliance	1,333	7.88	1	1,330	7.86	0	1
	People's Forum	960	5.68	0	925	5.47	1	1
	Alliance for the Community	652	3.86	0	591	3.49	1	1
	Independent candidates	482	2.85	0				0
Total		16,908	100.00	10	16,920	100.00	9	19
Valid votes		16,908	98.30		16,920	98.18
Invalid/blank votes		293	1.70		314	1.82
Total votes		17,201	100.00		17,234	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		28,899	59.52		28,899	59.64

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.^[2]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
15 September 2001	3		African National Congress		Democratic Alliance

October 2002 floor crossing

See also: Floor crossing (South Africa)

In terms of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution and the judgment of the Constitutional Court in United Democratic Movement v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others, 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 Breede River/Winelands council, one councillor crossed from the African National Congress (ANC) to the Democratic Alliance, while the single councillors for the Alliance for the Community, Civic Alliance and People's Forum all crossed to the ANC.^[3]

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after
	Democratic Alliance	10	1	11
	African National Congress	6	2	8
	Civic Alliance	1	1	0
	People's Forum	1	1	0
	Alliance for the Community	1	1	0

By-elections from October 2002 to March 2006

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the floor crossing period in October 2002 and the election in March 2006.^[2]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
26 November 2003	8		African National Congress		African National Congress^[Note 1]
26 May 2004	4		African National Congress		African National Congress^[Note 1]
28 July 2004	10		African National Congress		African National Congress

March 2006 election

Main article: 2006 South African municipal elections

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	8,649	45.69	6	8,671	45.84	3	9
	Democratic Alliance	5,849	30.90	4	5,777	30.54	2	6
	Independent Democrats	2,634	13.91	0	2,759	14.59	3	3
	Western Cape Community	543	2.87	0	546	2.89	1	1
	People's Democratic Movement	491	2.59	0	434	2.29	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	208	1.10	0	417	2.20	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	187	0.99	0	169	0.89	0	0
	First Community Party of South Africa	157	0.83	0	142	0.75	0	0
	Independent candidates	213	1.13	0				0
Total		18,931	100.00	10	18,915	100.00	10	20
Valid votes		18,931	98.45		18,915	98.23
Invalid/blank votes		299	1.55		340	1.77
Total votes		19,230	100.00		19,255	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		34,915	55.08		34,915	55.15

By-elections from March 2006 to May 2011

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the elections in March 2006 and May 2011.^[2]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
10 December 2008	10		African National Congress		African National Congress

May 2011 election

Main article: 2011 South African municipal elections

On 28 August 2009, the Breede River/Winelands Local Municipality was renamed to the Langeberg Municipality.

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.^[5]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Alliance	10,854	46.72	10	11,049	47.96	1	11
	African National Congress	6,661	28.67	2	6,997	30.37	5	7
	Civic Independent	1,403	6.04	0	1,405	6.10	2	2
	People's Democratic Movement	1,111	4.78	0	1,067	4.63	1	1
	Western Cape Community	600	2.58	0	630	2.73	1	1
	Congress of the People	480	2.07	0	676	2.93	1	1
	Independent candidates	962	4.14	0				0
	Community Workers Forum	261	1.12	0	244	1.06	0	0
	National People's Party	224	0.96	0	190	0.82	0	0
	Civic Democrats	122	0.53	0	179	0.78	0	0
	Democratic Christian Party	159	0.68	0	140	0.61	0	0
	National Independent Civic Organisation	152	0.65	0	138	0.60	0	0
	Dagga Party	124	0.53	0	124	0.54	0	0
	South African Progressive Civic Organisation	83	0.36	0	106	0.46	0	0
	United Independent Front	35	0.15	0	94	0.41	0	0
Total		23,231	100.00	12	23,039	100.00	11	23
Valid votes		23,231	98.29		23,039	97.47
Invalid/blank votes		405	1.71		598	2.53
Total votes		23,636	100.00		23,637	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		38,275	61.75		38,275	61.76

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.^[2]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
6 May 2015	2		African National Congress		African National Congress
22 July 2015	10		African National Congress		African National Congress

August 2016 election

Main article: 2016 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.^[6][7][8]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Alliance	12,400	49.13	9	12,753	51.03	3	12
	African National Congress	6,387	25.31	3	6,827	27.32	3	6
	People's Democratic Movement	1,049	4.16	0	1,078	4.31	1	1
	Congress of the People	1,063	4.21	0	977	3.91	1	1
	Langeberg Independent Party	838	3.32	0	800	3.20	1	1
	Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa	683	2.71	0	620	2.48	1	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	459	1.82	0	506	2.02	1	1
	Independent candidates	910	3.61	0				0
	Community and Workers Alliance	420	1.66	0	390	1.56	0	0
	Civic Independent	404	1.60	0	386	1.54	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	268	1.06	0	260	1.04	0	0
	Western Cape Community	224	0.89	0	254	1.02	0	0
	Alliance for Democratic Freedom	101	0.40	0	141	0.56	0	0
	Nationalist Coloured Party	31	0.12	0				0
Total		25,237	100.00	12	24,992	100.00	11	23
Valid votes		25,237	98.68		24,992	97.99
Invalid/blank votes		337	1.32		512	2.01
Total votes		25,574	100.00		25,504	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		43,290	59.08		43,290	58.91

The local council sends three representatives to the council of the Cape Winelands District Municipality: two from the Democratic Alliance and one from the African National Congress.^[9]

Date	Ward	Party of the previous councillor		Party of the newly elected councillor
9 December 2020	9		Democratic Alliance		Democratic Alliance

November 2021 election

Main article: 2021 South African municipal elections

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[10]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Alliance	8,536	41.98	9	9,090	44.75	1	10
	African National Congress	5,129	25.22	3	5,190	25.55	3	6
	Freedom Front Plus	2,168	10.66	0	2,033	10.01	3	3
	People's Democratic Movement	796	3.91	0	806	3.97	1	1
	Patriotic Alliance	525	2.58	0	501	2.47	1	1
	Good	492	2.42	0	512	2.52	1	1
	Langeberg Independent Party	307	1.51	0	395	1.94	1	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	332	1.63	0	351	1.73	0	0
	Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa	324	1.59	0	328	1.61	0	0
	Congress of the People	311	1.53	0	306	1.51	0	0
	Independent candidates	588	2.89	0				0
	African Christian Democratic Party	207	1.02	0	228	1.12	0	0
	Youth Independence Party and Youth Associates	197	0.97	0	203	1.00	0	0
	Compatriots of South Africa	178	0.88	0	141	0.69	0	0
	Economic Liberation Congress	108	0.53	0	94	0.46	0	0
	Cape Independence Party	101	0.50	0	95	0.47	0	0
	The Organic Humanity Movement	35	0.17	0	38	0.19	0	0
Total		20,334	100.00	12	20,311	100.00	11	23
Valid votes		20,334	99.07		20,311	98.79
Invalid/blank votes		190	0.93		249	1.21
Total votes		20,524	100.00		20,560	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		43,599	47.07		43,599	47.16

Notes

1. Elected uncontested as no other candidates were nominated.

References

1. "Local Government Elections 200 - Seat Calculation Detail: Breede River/Winelands" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
2. "Municipal By-elections results". Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
3. "2002 Detailed Floor Crossing Report" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
4. "Local Government Elections 2006 - Seat Calculation Detail: Breede River/Winelands" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
5. "Local Government Elections 2011 - Seat Calculation Detail: Langeberg" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Langeberg" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Langeberg" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
8. "Voter Turnout Report: Langeberg" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
9. "Political composition of councils February 2017" (PDF). Western Cape Department of Local Government. February 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
10. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Langeberg". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 13 November 2021.