Collins Chabane Local Municipality

Collins Chabane
Local municipality
Country South Africa
Province Limpopo
District Vhembe
Seat Malamulele
Government
 • Type Municipal council
Area[1]
 • Total 5,003 km2 (1,932 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 1,134,493
 • Density 230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code LIM345

Collins Chabane Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by the merging of portions of Thulamela and Makhado local municipalities.[2] Malamulele is the seat of the municipality.

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-six wards, while the remaining thirty-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 sixty seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 59,191 59,499 118,690 84.1 35 25 60
Economic Freedom Fighters 6,148 6,216 12,364 8.8 0 6 6
Democratic Alliance 1,704 1,752 3,456 2.5 0 2 2
Independent 1,646 – 1,646 1.2 1 – 1
Ximoko Party 619 732 1,351 1.0 0 1 1
African Christian Democratic Party 346 945 1,291 0.9 0 1 1
Congress of the People 466 376 842 0.6 0 0 0
African People's Convention 109 382 491 0.4 0 0 0
Malamulele Community Association 155 274 429 0.3 0 0 0
South African United Party 136 184 320 0.2 0 0 0
Pan Africanist Congress 42 101 143 0.1 0 0 0
Agang SA 10 31 41 0.0 0 0 0
Total 70,572 70,492 141,064 100.0 36 35 71
Spoilt votes 1,008 1,045 2,053

References

  1. 1 2 Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Thulamela, Makhado.
  2. ↑ "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: New Municipality" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: New Municipality" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
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