Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining eleven 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 no party won a majority on the council. The Democratic Alliance (DA) with eleven seats formed a coalition with the Congress of the People (COPE) which holds one seat. The mayor of the municipality is Diana Gagiano of the DA.
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | ||||
| Democratic Alliance | 21,903 | 47.3 | 10 | 1 | 11 | |
| African National Congress | 13,658 | 29.5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Civic Independent | 2,808 | 6.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| People's Democratic Movement | 2,178 | 4.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Western Cape Community | 1,230 | 2.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Congress of the People | 1,156 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 962 | 2.1 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Community Workers Forum | 505 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| National People's Party | 414 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Civic Democrats | 301 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democratic Christian Party | 299 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Independent Civic Organisation | 290 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dagga Party | 248 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| South African Progressive Civic Organisation | 189 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Independent Front | 129 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 46,270 | 100.0 | 12 | 11 | 23 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,003 | |||||
The local council sends three representatives to the council of the Cape Winelands District Municipality: two from the Democratic Alliance and one from the African National Congress.
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