Politics
The municipal council consists of forty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-five wards, while the remaining twenty-four 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 18 May 2011 the Democratic Alliance (DA) won a majority of twenty-five seats on the council
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | ||||
| Democratic Alliance | 56,646 | 50.8 | 16 | 9 | 25 | |
| African National Congress | 43,876 | 39.3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | |
| Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners | 3,241 | 2.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa | 1,778 | 1.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 1,482 | 1.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| George Independent Ratepayers Forum | 1,381 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Congress of the People | 1,026 | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 806 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| National People's Party | 487 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| South Cape Community Forum | 247 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Democratic Movement | 209 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 209 | 0.2 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| Ou Pacaltsdorp Inwoners Vereniging | 155 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People's Convention | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 111,557 | 100.0 | 25 | 24 | 49 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,292 | |||||
The local council sends six representatives to the council of the Eden District Municipality: three from the Democratic Alliance, two from the African National Congress and one from the African Christian Democratic Party.
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