Politics
The municipal council consists of nineteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining nine 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 won a majority of ten seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | ||||
| Democratic Alliance | 23,580 | 50.5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| African National Congress | 17,875 | 38.3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Congress of the People | 3,197 | 6.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 1,132 | 2.4 | 1 | — | 1 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 713 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cape Party | 165 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 46,662 | 100.0 | 10 | 9 | 19 | |
| Spoilt votes | 987 | |||||
The local council sends two representatives to the council of the Eden District Municipality: one from the Democratic Alliance and one from the African National Congress.
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