City of Cape Town elections
August 2016 election

City of Cape Town elections

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City of Cape Town local election, 18 May 2011

Party	Votes	Seats

Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total

Democratic Alliance	831,890	832,624	1,664,514	66.6	81	73	154

African National Congress	302,965	305,902	608,867	24.4	35	22	57

Economic Freedom Fighters	40,243	38,871	79,114	3.2	0	7	7

African Christian Democratic Party	16,181	14,104	30,285	1.2	0	3	3

Al Jama-ah	9,506	6,892	16,398	0.7	0	2	2

African Independent Congress	5,228	9,515	14,743	0.6	0	1	1

Freedom Front Plus	5,365	4,919	10,284	0.4	0	1	1

Democratic Independent Party	4,049	3,472	7,521	0.3	0	1	1

Independent	7,077	–	7,077	0.3	0	–	0

United Democratic Movement	2,441	4,139	6,580	0.3	0	1	1

Cape Muslim Congress	3,073	3,386	6,459	0.3	0	1	1

Pan Africanist Congress	3,381	2,938	6,319	0.3	0	1	1

Congress of the People	3,175	3,015	6,190	0.3	0	1	1

Patriotic Alliance	2,943	2,016	4,959	0.2	0	1	1

National Party	1,988	2,296	4,284	0.2	0	0	0

Cape Party	1,608	1,760	3,368	0.1	0	0	0

Africa Muslim Party	1,692	1,571	3,263	0.1	0	0	0

Local People's Party	1,654	1,056	2,710	0.1	0	0	0

Al Shura Party	1,085	685	1,770	0.1	0	0	0

African People's Convention	749	906	1,655	0.1	0	0	0

Independent Civic Organisation	799	673	1,472	0.1	0	0	0

Nationalist Coloured Party	794	622	1,416	0.1	0	0	0

Christian Democratic Party	318	1,097	1,415	0.1	0	0	0

National People's Party	812	449	1,261	0.1	0	0	0

South Africa People's Party	451	443	894	0.0	0	0	0

Coloured Voice	420	442	862	0.0	0	0	0

Khoisan Kingdom And All People	243	527	770	0.0	0	0	0

South African Progressive Civic Organisation	346	357	703	0.0	0	0	0

Ubuntu Party	196	490	686	0.0	0	0	0

Khoisan Revolution	218	444	662	0.0	0	0	0

Sizwe Ummah Nation	276	283	559	0.0	0	0	0

The Greens	45	433	478	0.0	0	0	0

People's Democratic Movement	203	236	439	0.0	0	0	0

Inkatha Freedom Party	56	378	434	0.0	0	0	0

South African People for Equality	145	171	316	0.0	0	0	0

Independent Sport Party	39	122	161	0.0	0	0	0

Patriotic Association	19	111	130	0.0	0	0	0

Total	1,251,673	1,247,345	2,499,018	116	115	231

Valid votes	1,251,673	1,247,345	2,499,018	98.7

Spoilt votes	14,777	17,954	32,731	1.3

Total votes cast	1,266,450	1,265,299	2,531,749

Total voter turnout	1,271,923

Registered voters	1,977,690

Turnout percentage	64.3

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The Democratic Alliance won a majority of 154 seats in City of Cape Town elections.

final_sentence: The Democratic Alliance won a majority of 154 seats in City of Cape Town elections.