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Blue Crane Route Local Municipality

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Template:Infobox South African municipality Blue Crane Route Local Municipality (Afrikaans: Bloukraanroete Plaaslike Munisipaliteit) is an administrative area in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.

The municipality is named after the South African national bird, the blue crane.[1]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[2]

Place Code Population Most spoken language
Bongweni 20202 3,776 Xhosa
Cookhouse 20203 1,415 Afrikaans
Khayanisho 20204 1,448 Xhosa
KwaNojoli 20205 8,132 Xhosa
Pearston 20206 2,596 Afrikaans
Petersburg 29103 39 Afrikaans
Somerset East 20207 8,456 Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 20201 9,196 Xhosa

Politics

The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters" |
Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
ANC 6,770 6,447 13,217 60.4 5 2 7
DA 4,028 4,188 8,216 37.6 1 3 4
EFF 221 217 438 2.0 0 0 0
Total 11,019 10,852 21,871 100.0 6 5 11
Spoilt votes 153 140 293

References

  1. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  2. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Blue Crane Route" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Blue Crane Route" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
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