NEWS & ANALYSIS

2011 election: eThekwini results

With 2000 and 2006 results tables for comparative purposes

Results of the May 18 2011 local government elections in eThekwini (Durban):

In eThekwini (Durban) the African National Congress won 603,929 PR Votes and 582,224 Ward Votes -1,186,153 votes combined and 61,07% of the total. It won 78 out of 102 ward seats and 126 out of 204 seats in total.

The Democratic Alliance secured 408,179 votes (Ward + PR), 21,02% of the total. Its candidates  won 17 ward seats, giving the party 43 seats in total. The Minority Front won 103,043 votes (Ward + PR), 6 ward seats and 11 seats in total.

The Inkatha Freedom Party was beaten into fifth place by the National Freedom Party which won 91,294 votes (Ward + PR) and 10 seats. The IFP secured only 80,170 votes (Ward + PR), 4,13% of the total. It won 9 seats including one ward seat.

59,30% of registered voters in the municipality cast ballots.

The ANC received 493,083 more votes (Ward + PR) in 2011 in eThekwini than it had done in 2006, a 71,1% jump. It increased its share of the vote by 3,5 percentage points from 57,6% to 61,1,%. The IFP secured 53,426 fewer votes, a drop of 39,9%. Its share of the vote dropped 7 percentage points.

The DA secured 207,781 more votes in 2011 than it had done in 2006 - a 103,7% increase. However, because of the jump in absolute ANC support it was only able to raise its share of the vote by 4,4 percentage points to 21,02%.

Changing ANC, IFP and DA support in Durban local govt polls

 

 

2000

2006

2011

Inc/Dec

ANC

Votes (PR+Ward)

475,851

693,070

1,186,153

493,083

 

%

46.9%

57.6%

61.1%

3.5%

IFP

Votes (PR+Ward)

176,373

133,496

80,170

-53,326

 

%

17.4%

11.1%

4.1%

-7.0%

DA

Votes (PR + Ward)

264,998

200,398

408,179

207,781

 

%

26.14%

16.66%

21.02%

4.4%

 

TOTAL

1,013,882

1,203,210

1,942,281

739,071

***

2011 local govt election results eThekwini (Durban)

Party Name

Ward Votes

PR Votes

Valid Votes

% Votes

Ward Seats

PR List Seats

Total Seats

% Seats Won

ANC

582,224

603,929

1,186,153

61.07%

78

48

126

61.76%

DA

195,770

212,409

408,179

21.02%

17

26

43

21.08%

IFP

41,638

38,532

80,170

4.13%

1

8

9

4.41%

NFP

47,688

43,606

91,294

4.70%

0

10

10

4.90%

INDEPENDENT

17,226

6,555

23,781

1.22%

0

0

0

0.00%

ACDP

7,727

 

7,727

0.40%

0

2

2

0.98%

MF

54,979

48,064

103,043

5.31%

6

5

11

5.39%

COPE

3,428

3,882

7,310

0.38%

0

1

1

0.49%

UDM

1,455

1,087

2,542

0.13%

0

0

0

0.00%

AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION

1,914

3,970

5,884

0.30%

0

1

1

0.49%

TRULY ALLIANCE

7,994

6,026

14,020

0.72%

0

1

1

0.49%

FF+

869

662

1,531

0.08%

0

0

0

0.00%

AZAPO

1,400

1,238

2,638

0.14%

0

0

0

0.00%

OTHERS

4,241

3,768

8,009

0.41%

0

0

0

0.00%

Total

968,553

973728

1,942,281

100.00%

102

102

204

100.00%

***

2006 local govt election results eThekwini (Durban)

Party Name

Valid Votes

% Votes

Ward Seats

PR List Seats

Total Seats

% Seats Won

ANC

693,070

57.60%

73

44

117

58.50%

DA

200,398

16.66%

16

18

34

17.00%

IFP

133,496

11.09%

3

20

23

11.50%

MF

74,780

6.22%

7

6

13

6.50%

INDEPENDENT

27,439

2.28%

1

0

1

0.50%

ACDP

19,244

1.60%

0

3

3

1.50%

NADECO

12,094

1.01%

0

2

2

1.00%

ID

10,191

0.85%

0

2

2

1.00%

TRULY ALLIANCE

8,432

0.70%

0

2

2

1.00%

SCARA CIVIC PARTY

3,995

0.33%

0

1

1

0.50%

UDM

3,722

0.31%

0

1

1

0.50%

AZAPO

2,858

0.24%

0

1

1

0.50%

PAC

2,417

0.20%

0

0

0

0.00%

FF+

2,200

0.18%

0

0

0

0.00%

UIF

2,001

0.17%

0

0

0

0.00%

ECOPEACE

1,885

0.16%

0

0

0

0.00%

NATIONAL UNITED PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION

1,729

0.14%

0

0

0

0.00%

UCDP

1,603

0.13%

0

0

0

0.00%

THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF AZANIA

1,488

0.12%

0

0

0

0.00%

IZWI LETHU PARTY

168

0.01%

0

0

0

0.00%

Total

1,203,210

100.00%

100

100

200

100.00%

***

2000 local government elections eThekwini (Durban)

Party Name

Valid Votes (Ward + PR)

% Votes

Ward Seats

PR List Seats

Total Seats

% Seats Won

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

475,851

46.93%

61

34

95

47.50%

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE/DEMOKRATIESE ALLIANSIE

264,998

26.14%

29

24

53

26.50%

INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY

176,373

17.40%

7

28

35

17.50%

MINORITY FRONT

49,663

4.90%

2

8

10

5.00%

INDEPENDENT

12,889

1.27%

1

0

1

0.50%

AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY

11,942

1.18%

0

2

2

1.00%

PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA

6,081

0.60%

0

1

1

0.50%

ACTION INDEPENDENT PEOPLES PARTY

5,078

0.50%

0

1

1

0.50%

ECOPEACE

4,253

0.42%

0

1

1

0.50%

NATIONAL UNITED PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION

2,079

0.21%

0

1

1

0.50%

AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION

1,712

0.17%

0

0

0

0.00%

UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT

1,662

0.16%

0

0

0

0.00%

THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF AZANIA

1,301

0.13%

0

0

0

0.00%

Total

1,013,882

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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