Politics
The council of the Overberg District Municipality consists of twenty-one councillors, of whom nine are directly elected by party-list proportional representation, and twelve are appointed by the councils of the constituent local municipalities: five by Theewaterskloof, four by Overstrand, two by Cape Agulhas and one by Swellendam. As of August 2012 twelve of the councillors are Democratic Alliance (DA) representatives and nine are African National Congress (ANC) representatives. The mayor is Lincoln de Bruyn and the deputy mayor is Jasper du Toit-Loubser; both are members of the DA.
The following table shows the detailed party composition of the council.
| DA | ANC | |
|---|---|---|
| Directly elected | 5 | 4 |
| Appointed by Theewaterskloof | 3 | 2 |
| Appointed by Overstrand | 2 | 2 |
| Appointed by Cape Agulhas | 1 | 1 |
| Appointed by Swellendam | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 12 | 9 |
The following table shows the results of the election of the nine directly-elected members on 18 May 2011.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Alliance | 42,717 | 51.8 | 5 | |
| African National Congress | 31,887 | 38.7 | 4 | |
| National Independent Civic Organisation | 2,026 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 1,649 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 1,479 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| National People's Party | 1,155 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| United Democratic Movement | 669 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Civic Independent | 438 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 375 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Total | 82,395 | 100.0 | 9 | |
| Spoilt votes | 979 | |||
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