Gariep Local Municipality
Introduction '''Gariep Local Municipality''' is a defunct local municipality in Joe Gqabi District Municipality, Eastern Cape. The municipality was merged with Maletswai Local Municipality immediately after the August 2016 Local Municipal Elections to form the new Walter Sisulu Local Municipality.
Main places The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places: Place  Code  Area (km2) Population Burgersdorp   28900527.925,241 Khayamnandi   2890082.674,724 Mzamomhle   2890061.274,656 Nozizwe   2890030.471,393 Oviston   289001358.88658 Steynsburg   28900914.702,488 Tembisa   2890071.746,094 Venterstad   28900217.593,596 ''Remainder of the municipality''   2890048,485.824,826
Politics The municipal council consisted of ten members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Five councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in five wards, while the remaining five were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of seven seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election. Party  Votes  Seats Ward  List  Total  %  Ward  List  Total  6,394  6,542  12,936  69.2  4  3  7  2,500  2,612  5,112  27.3  1  2  3  190  157  347  1.9  0  0  0  214  –  214  1.1  0  –  0  45  43  88  0.5  0  0  0 '''Total''' '''9,343'''  '''9,354'''  '''18,697'''  '''100.0'''  '''5'''  '''5'''  '''10''' Spoilt votes 147  137  284
References
External links * https://web.archive.org/web/20120914054225/http://www.gariep.gov.za/