Baviaans Local Municipality
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Baviaans Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Sarah Baartman District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. After the municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality.
The municipality is named after the Baviaanskloof. The name is of Dutch origin and means "baboons ravine".[1]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[2]
| 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 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)[3]
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]
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" || 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
- ^ South African Languages - Place names
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Baviaans" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Baviaans" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
External links
Baviaans travel guide from Wikivoyage- Official website
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