NEWS & ANALYSIS

2011 election: Cape Town results

With comparative data from the 2006 and 2000 local govt elections

Results of the May 18 2011 local government elections in Cape Town:

The Democratic Alliance won Cape Town with 682,929 votes on the PR ballot (61,15%) and 675,020 on the Ward ballot (60,69%) giving it a total of 1,357,949 votes (60,92%). It won 78 out of 111 ward seats, and 135 seats out of 211 in total.

The African National Congress won a total of 731,247 votes (PR + Ward) and 73 seats in total, including 33 ward seats.

The voter turnout was 64,66% and 0,91% of ballots were spoilt.

In the 2006 local government elections the DA received 609,545 votes (41,85%) and the ID 156,550 (10,95%) - 766,095 votes (52,6%) combined. See tables below. Thus in 2011 the DA (now including the ID) increased the number of votes the two parties had received in 2006 by 591,854, a 77,3% increase. Its share of the vote increased by 8,31 percentage points. 

The ANC actually secured 179,142 more votes than it did in 2006, a 32,45% increase. However, because this rise was so much smaller than that of the DA its share of the vote ended up falling by 5,11% points.

2011 local government elections

Party Name

Valid Votes (PR + Ward)

% Votes

Ward

PR List

Total

% Seats Won

DA

1,357,949

60.92%

78

57

135

61.09%

ANC

731,247

32.80%

33

40

73

33.03%

COPE

24,655

1.11%

0

3

3

1.36%

ACDP

27,100

1.22%

0

3

3

1.36%

INDEPENDENT

5,893

0.26%

0

0

0

0.00%

AFRICA MUSLIM PARTY

7,587

0.34%

0

1

1

0.45%

UCDP

867

0.04%

0

0

0

0.00%

UDM

8,692

0.39%

0

1

1

0.45%

FF+

3,985

0.18%

0

1

1

0.45%

PAC

4,599

0.21%

0

1

1

0.45%

AFRICAN PEOPLES CONVENTION

2,300

0.10%

0

0

0

0.00%

NFP

1,459

0.07%

0

0

0

0.00%

UIF

853

0.04%

0

0

0

0.00%

IFP

2,919

0.13%

0

0

0

0.00%

AZAPO

727

0.03%

0

0

0

0.00%

ABOLITION OF INCOME TAX AND USURY PARTY

395

0.02%

0

0

0

0.00%

AFRICAN BOND OF UNITY

507

0.02%

0

0

0

0.00%

AL JAMA-AH

8,238

0.37%

0

1

1

0.45%

CAPE MUSLIM CONGRESS

6,398

0.29%

0

1

1

0.45%

CAPE PARTY

3,032

0.14%

0

0

0

0.00%

COMMUNITY COALITION

2,986

0.13%

0

0

0

0.00%

DEMOCRATS FOR CHANGE

2,579

0.12%

0

0

0

0.00%

INDEPENDENT CIVIL ORGANISATION OF SA

151

0.01%

0

0

0

0.00%

NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY

1,637

0.07%

0

0

0

0.00%

NATIONAL INDEPENDENT CIVIL ASSOCIATION

2,892

0.13%

0

0

0

0.00%

NATIONAL PARTY OF SA

11,756

0.53%

0

1

1

0.45%

NATIONAL PEOPLE'S PARTY

1,928

0.09%

0

0

0

0.00%

PAN AFRICANIST MOVEMENT

397

0.02%

0

0

0

0.00%

SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY

260

0.01%

0

0

0

0.00%

SA PROGRESSIVE CIVICS ORGANISATION

1,549

0.07%

0

0

0

0.00%

UNITED MAJORITY FRONT

425

0.02%

0

0

0

0.00%

UNIVERSAL CIVICS OF SA

589

0.03%

0

0

0

0.00%

UNIVERSAL PARTY

1,728

0.08%

0

0

0

0.00%

WESTERN CAPE COMMUNITY

865

0.04%

0

0

0

0.00%

Total

2,229,144

100.00%

111

110

221

100.00%

2006 local government elections

Party Name

Valid Votes (PR + Ward)

% Votes

Total Seats

Ward Seats

PR List Seats

% Seats Won

DA

609,545

41.85%

90

61

29

42.86%

ANC

552,105

37.91%

81

41

40

38.57%

ID

156,550

10.75%

23

3

20

10.95%

ACDP

46,902

3.22%

7

0

7

3.33%

INDEPENDENT

24,151

1.66%

0

0

0

0.00%

AFRICA MUSLIM PARTY

19,316

1.33%

3

0

3

1.43%

UDM

11,950

0.82%

2

0

2

0.95%

FF+

7,170

0.49%

1

0

1

0.48%

PAC

7,108

0.49%

1

0

1

0.48%

UNITED INDEPENDENT FRONT

3,472

0.24%

1

0

1

0.48%

UNIVERSAL PARTY

2,346

0.16%

1

0

1

0.48%

IFP

2,235

0.15%

0

0

0

0.00%

FEDERATION OF DEMOCRATS

2,136

0.15%

0

0

0

0.00%

PRBELASTINGBETALERS PARTY

1,919

0.13%

0

0

0

0.00%

MODERATE INDEPENDENT PARTY

1,649

0.11%

0

0

0

0.00%

PEACE AND JUSTICE CONGRESS

1,360

0.09%

0

0

0

0.00%

UNITED PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA

1,276

0.09%

0

0

0

0.00%

PENSION POVERTY RELIEF AND UNEMPLOYMENT FRONT

1,256

0.09%

0

0

0

0.00%

AZAPO

922

0.06%

0

0

0

0.00%

ABOLITION OF INCOME TAX AND USURY PARTY

760

0.05%

0

0

0

0.00%

PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT

710

0.05%

0

0

0

0.00%

FIRST COMMUNITY PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA

613

0.04%

0

0

0

0.00%

ALLIANCE OF FREE DEMOCRATS

602

0.04%

0

0

0

0.00%

WORKERS INTERNATIONAL VANGUARD LEAGUE

297

0.02%

0

0

0

0.00%

Total

1,456,350

100.00%

210

105

105

100.00%

2000 local government elections

Party Name

Valid Votes (PR + Ward)

% Votes

Ward Seats

PR List Seats

Total Seats

% Seats Won

DA

749,917

53.49%

66

41

107

53.50%

ANC

540,305

38.54%

34

43

77

38.50%

ACDP

53,948

3.85%

0

8

8

4.00%

UDM

20,329

1.45%

0

3

3

1.50%

AFRICA MUSLIM PARTY

14,540

1.04%

0

2

2

1.00%

PAC

6,402

0.46%

0

1

1

0.50%

IFP

3,935

0.28%

0

1

1

0.50%

MODERATE INDEPENDENT PARTY

3,857

0.28%

0

1

1

0.50%

THE GREEN PARTY OF SA

2,450

0.17%

0

0

0

0.00%

AZAPO

2,145

0.15%

0

0

0

0.00%

THE CAPE PEOPLES CONGRESS

2,116

0.15%

0

0

0

0.00%

HELDERBERG COMMUNITY CIVIC ORGANIZATION

1,494

0.11%

0

0

0

0.00%

ABOLITION OF INCOME TAX AND USURY PARTY

489

0.03%

0

0

0

0.00%

Total

1,401,927

100.00%

100

100

200

100.00%

Data source: www.elections.org.za. Note: Because the number of "valid votes" is made up of both PR and Ward votes, the actual number of voters is half the number of votes.

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