Cape Town City Council
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The City Council is the legislative body of the City of Cape Town. It is composed of 210 members; 105 are elected from each of the 105 electoral wards of the City, and the other 105 are elected through party-list proportional representation. The mayor of the City is elected by the City Council.
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[edit] Subcouncils
The Council is further broken down into 23 subcouncils, which serve as localized councils for clusters of electoral wards.
[edit] Relationship between Council and Subcouncils
Members of the City Council, both ward-elected and proportionally-elected, usually compose the membership of the subcouncils. The subcouncils are delegated the authority to make recommendations on any matter concerning their respective areas to the Council, and can, under certain provisions and circumstances, be instructed to carry out functions of the City Council in the respective area. Subcouncils are consist of geographically clustered wards with proportional councillors assigned to them and led by a subcouncil chairman who is elected by a majority vote of each subcouncil.
After the March 2006 local government elections the DA took 13 subcouncils, followed by 7 for the ANC, 2 for the ACDP and 1 for the ID.
After the floor crossing in September 2007, the subcouncils were reconstituted with 15 going to the DA, 4 to the ID, 2 to the ACDP while the ANC retained only 2 after losing 5 subcouncils.
[edit] Council seat breakdown
| Party | PR seats | Ward seats | Total seats | Percent |
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| Democratic Alliance (DA) | 33 | 62 | 95 | 45.2% |
| African National Congress (ANC) | 40 | 41 | 81 | 38.6% |
| Independent Democrats (ID) | 14 | 2 | 16 | 7.6% |
| African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3.3% |
| National Peoples Party (NPP) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.9% |
| Africa Muslim Party (AMP) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0% |
| Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5% |
| Social Democratic Party (SDP) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5% |
| United Democratic Movement (UDM) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5% |
| Universal Party (UP) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5% |
| Freedom Front Plus (VF+) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5% |
| Total | 105 | 105 | 210 | 100.0% |
| Multi-Party Government Coalition | 57 | 64 | 121 | 57.6% |
Updated after council was reconstituted as a result of the floor-crossing window of September 1-15, 2007
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