Drakenstein Municipal Council

Drakenstein Municipal Council
Drakenstein Municipal Council
	Whole council elected every five years
Type
Houses	Unicameral
Term limits	None
Leadership
Mayor	Cllr. Conrad Poole, DA ; Since 16 May 2016
Deputy Executive Mayor	Cllr. Gert Combrink, DA ; Since 16 May 2016
Speaker	Cllr. Aidan Charles Stowman, DA ; Since 16 August 2016
Chief whip	Cllr. Anre Koegelenberg, DA ; Since 18 May 2011
Structure
Seats	65 councillors
Political groups	Democratic Alliance (43) African National Congress (15) Economic Freedom Fighters (2) Freedom Front Plus (1) African Christian Democratic Party (1) People's Democratic Movement (1) Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa (1) Federation of Democrats (1)
Elections
Voting system	Mixed-member proportional representation
Last election	2016
Motto
	"A city of excellence"
Meeting place
	Drakenstein Municipality, Paarl
Website
	www.drakenstein.gov.za

The Drakenstein Municipal Council is the elected unicameral legislature of the Drakenstein Local Municipality in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa. The Municipal Council is divided into 33 wards who each elects one ward councillor. The Council consists of 65 councillors elected using mixed-member proportional representation. The Council was established in the year 2000.

Political control

Since the 2000 the following parties have governed the council.

The municipal council consists of sixty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-three wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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 the Democratic Alliance (DA) obtained a majority of forty-three seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	Democratic Alliance	54,491	54,193	108,684	66.0	26	17	43
	African National Congress	17,858	20,975	38,833	23.6	6	9	15
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,988	1,901	3,889	2.4	0	2	2
	People's Democratic Movement	2,349	291	2,640	1.6	1	0	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	1,180	1,085	2,265	1.4	0	1	1
	Federation of Democrats	685	543	1,228	0.7	0	1	1
	Independent Civic Organisation	638	578	1,216	0.7	0	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	593	551	1,144	0.7	0	1	1
	Congress of the People	597	503	1,100	0.7	0	0	0
	Alliance for Democratic Freedom	526	467	993	0.6	0	0	0
	South African Progressive Civic Organisation	461	410	871	0.5	0	0	0
	Community Party	269	197	466	0.3	0	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress	168	227	395	0.2	0	0	0
	Khoisan Revolution	189	170	359	0.2	0	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	124	174	298	0.2	0	0	0
	Peoples Alliance	31	64	95	0.1	0	0	0
	South Africa People's Party	32	44	76	0.0	0	0	0
	Civic Independent	11	48	59	0.0	0	0	0
	Independent	0	–	0	0.0	0	–	0
Total		82,190	82,421	164,611		33	32	65

Valid votes		82,190	82,421	164,611	98.6
Spoilt votes		1,329	1,056	2,385	1.4
Total votes cast		83,519	83,477	166,996

Total voter turnout		83,666
Registered voters		129,265
Turnout percentage		64.7

↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Drakenstein" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Drakenstein" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
↑ "Voter Turnout Report: Drakenstein" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 May 2017.

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