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Baviaans Local Municipality

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Template:Infobox South African municipality Baviaans Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.

The municipality is named after the Baviaanskloof. The name is of Dutch origin and means "baboons ravine".[1]

In the 2009 South African general election the Democratic Alliance won a plurality of 45.77% (2,290 votes), while the African National Congress received only 44.73% (2,238 vote). Other minor parties included COPE with 4.72% (236 votes) and the Independent Democrats with 2.12% (106 votes)[2]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Steytlerville 20702 22.03 713 Afrikaans
Vuyolwetho 20703 2.58 2,912 Afrikaans
Willowmore 20704 20.24 6,398 Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 20701 7,679.23 5,312 Afrikaans

Politics

The municipal council consists of seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining three 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 four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]

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Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
DA 3,644 3,629 7,273 55.4 3 1 4
ANC 2,922 2,940 5,862 44.6 1 2 3
Total 6,566 6,569 13,135 100.0 4 3 7
Spoilt votes 83 86 169

References

  1. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Baviaans" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Baviaans" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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