Mookgophong/Modimolle Local Municipality

Modimolle/Mookgophong
Local municipality
Country South Africa
Province Limpopo
District Waterberg
Government
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Marlene van Staden (DA)
Area[1]
 • Total 10,367 km2 (4,003 sq mi)
Population (2011)Community Survey 2016
 • Total 107,699
 • Density 10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code LIM368

Modimolle/Mookgophong Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Mookgophong and Modimolle local municipalities. The total population is 107 699 (Source: Statistics South Africa, Community Survey 2016)

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining fourteen 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 African National Congress (ANC) won a plurality of thirteen seats on the council but failed to win an overall majority. On 23 August 2016, the council subsequently elected Marlene van Staden, the mayoral candidate of the Democratic Alliance (DA), as the new mayor.[2]

The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 13,76413,65027,41447.611213
Democratic Alliance 6,7637,13013,89324.1347
Economic Freedom Fighters 5,6255,57811,20319.4066
Freedom Front Plus 1,6841,7053,3895.9022
Mookgophong Party 3933607531.3000
Congress of the People 1423394810.8000
Independent 395–3950.70–0
Pan Africanist Congress 6030900.2000
Total 28,82628,79257,618100.0141428
Spoilt votes 341428769

References

  1. ↑ Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Mookgophong, Modimolle.
  2. ↑ http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2016/08/23/ANC-loses-Modimolle-mayor-post-to-DA
  3. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Modimolle" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Modimolle" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 August 2016.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.