City of Cape Town elections
May 2011 election

City of Cape Town elections

Section Title: May 2011 election
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City of Cape Town local election, 18 May 2011

Party	Votes	Seats

Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total

Democratic Alliance	675,020	682,929	1,357,949	60.9	78	57	135

African National Congress	360,827	370,420	731,247	32.8	33	40	73

African Christian Democratic Party	15,227	11,873	27,100	1.2	0	3	3

Congress of the People	12,059	12,596	24,655	1.1	0	3	3

National Party	5,718	6,038	11,756	0.5	0	1	1

United Democratic Movement	4,402	4,290	8,692	0.4	0	1	1

Al Jama-ah	4,310	3,928	8,238	0.4	0	1	1

Africa Muslim Party	4,430	3,157	7,587	0.3	0	1	1

Cape Muslim Congress	3,658	2,740	6,398	0.3	0	1	1

Independent	5,893	–	5,893	0.3	0	–	0

Pan Africanist Congress	2,606	1,993	4,599	0.2	0	1	1

Freedom Front Plus	2,121	1,864	3,985	0.2	0	1	1

Cape Party	1,561	1,471	3,032	0.1	0	0	0

Community Coalition	1,715	1,271	2,986	0.1	0	0	0

Inkatha Freedom Party	1,888	1,031	2,919	0.1	0	0	0

National Independent Civic Organisation	1,844	1,048	2,892	0.1	0	0	0

Democrats for Change	942	1,637	2,579	0.1	0	0	0

African People's Convention	787	1,513	2,300	0.1	0	0	0

National People's Party	1,221	707	1,928	0.1	0	0	0

Universal Party	1,078	650	1,728	0.1	0	0	0

National Alliance for Democracy	1,008	629	1,637	0.1	0	0	0

South African Progressive Civic Organisation	825	724	1,549	0.1	0	0	0

National Freedom Party	694	765	1,459	0.1	0	0	0

United Christian Democratic Party	22	845	867	0.0	0	0	0

Western Cape Community	291	574	865	0.0	0	0	0

United Independent Front	417	436	853	0.0	0	0	0

Azanian People's Organisation	322	405	727	0.0	0	0	0

United Civics of South Africa	423	166	589	0.0	0	0	0

African Bond of Unity	232	275	507	0.0	0	0	0

United Majority Front	301	124	425	0.0	0	0	0

Pan Africanist Movement	132	265	397	0.0	0	0	0

Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party	230	165	395	0.0	0	0	0

Social Democratic Party	93	167	260	0.0	0	0	0

Independent Civic Organisation	–	151	151	0.0	–	0	0

Total	1,112,297	1,116,847	2,229,144	111	110	221

Valid votes	1,112,297	1,116,847	2,229,144	99.1

Spoilt votes	11,518	8,998	20,516	0.9

Total votes cast	1,123,815	1,125,845	2,249,660

Total voter turnout	1,134,144

Registered voters	1,745,853

Turnout percentage	65.0

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The Democratic Alliance won a majority of 135 seats.

final_sentence: The Democratic Alliance won a majority of 135 seats.