Dawid Kruiper Municipality (Afrikaans: Dawid Kruiper Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Mier and //Khara Hais local municipalities.[2] The municipality is named after the San politician Dawid Kruiper.
Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality | |
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | ZF Mgcawu |
| Seat | Upington |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 44,231 km2 (17,078 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 100,497 |
| • Density | 2.3/km2 (5.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NC087 |
Politics
editThe municipal council consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eighteen seats on the council.[3][4][5]
The following table shows the results of the election.
| Dawid Kruiper local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
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| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 17,470 | 17,262 | 34,732 | 55.1% | 14 | 4 | 18 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 10,991 | 11,169 | 22,160 | 35.2% | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| Khoisan Revolution | 927 | 1,017 | 1,944 | 3.1% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 786 | 771 | 1,557 | 2.5% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 523 | 556 | 1,079 | 1.7% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Congress of the People | 305 | 365 | 670 | 1.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent South African National Civic Organisation | 166 | 168 | 334 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 147 | 123 | 270 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Africa Restoration Alliance | 72 | 68 | 140 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 63 | – | 63 | 0.1% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 15 | 28 | 43 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 31,465 | 31,527 | 62,992 | 17 | 16 | 33 | ||
| Valid votes | 31,465 | 31,527 | 62,992 | 98.4% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 490 | 555 | 1,045 | 1.6% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 31,955 | 32,082 | 64,037 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 32,259 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 59,509 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 54.2% | |||||||
References
edit- ^ a b Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Mier, //Khara Hais.
- ^ "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Dawid Kruiper". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ^ "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-12. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-12. Retrieved 12 November 2021.