Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality
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| subdivision_name2 = ZF Mgcawu
| seat = Upington
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Dawid Kruiper Municipality ({{langx|af|Dawid Kruiper Munisipaliteit}}) is a local municipality within the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Mier and //Khara Hais local municipalities.{{cite web|title=The Local Government Handbook|url=http://www.localgovernment.co.za/locals/view/245/Dawid-Kruiper-Local-Municipality|accessdate=6 August 2016}} The municipality is named after the San politician Dawid Kruiper.
Demographics
According to the 2022 census, the municipality had a population of 125,744 people, representing an increase from 100,498 in 2011. Of these, 70.7% identified as "Coloured," 19.7% as "Black African," and 8.5% as "White."https://citypopulation.de/en/southafrica/admin/northern_cape/NC087__dawid_kruiper/
Politics
{{main|Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality elections}}
The municipal council consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eighteen seats on the council.{{Cite web|title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Dawid Kruiper|url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/NC087|access-date=2021-11-12|website=wikitable.frith.dev}}{{Cite web|date=8 November 2021|title=Results Summary - All Ballots|url=https://results.elections.org.za/home/LGEPublicReports/1091/Detailed%20Results/NC/NC087.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=12 November 2021|website=Electoral Commission of South Africa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112183640/https://results.elections.org.za/home/LGEPublicReports/1091/Detailed%20Results/NC/NC087.pdf |archive-date=2021-11-12 }}{{Cite web|date=8 November 2021|title=Seat Calculation Detail|url=https://results.elections.org.za/home/LGEPublicReports/1091/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/NC/NC087.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=12 November 2021|website=Electoral Commission of South Africa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112183640/https://results.elections.org.za/home/LGEPublicReports/1091/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/NC/NC087.pdf |archive-date=2021-11-12 }}
The following table shows the results of the election.
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!colspan="9" align="center"| Dawid Kruiper local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||
| rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Party | colspan="4" align="center"| Votes | colspan="3" align="center"| Seats | ||||
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| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total |
| {{Full party name with color |African National Congress}}
| 17,470 | 17,262 | 34,732 | 55.1% | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| {{Full party name with color |Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}
| 10,991 | 11,169 | 22,160 | 35.2% | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| {{Full party name with color |Khoisan Revolution}}
| 927 | 1,017 | 1,944 | 3.1% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| {{Full party name with color |Freedom Front Plus}}
| 786 | 771 | 1,557 | 2.5% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| {{Full party name with color |Economic Freedom Fighters}}
| 523 | 556 | 1,079 | 1.7% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| {{Full party name with color |Congress of the People (South African political party)}}
| 305 | 365 | 670 | 1.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| {{Full party name with color |Independent South African National Civic Organisation}}
| 166 | 168 | 334 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| {{Full party name with color |African Christian Democratic Party}}
| 147 | 123 | 270 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| {{Full party name with color |Africa Restoration Alliance}}
| 72 | 68 | 140 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| {{Full party name with color |Patriotic Alliance (South Africa)}}
| 63 | – | 63 | 0.1% | 0 | – | 0 |
| {{Full party name with color |African Transformation Movement}}
| 15 | 28 | 43 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total
| 31,465 | 31,527 | 62,992 | 17 | 16 | 33 | |
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Valid votes
| 31,465 | 31,527 | 62,992 | 98.4% | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Spoilt votes
| 490 | 555 | 1,045 | 1.6% | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total votes cast
| 31,955 | 32,082 | 64,037 | ||||
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Voter turnout
| 32,259 | ||||||
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Registered voters
| 59,509 | ||||||
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Turnout percentage
| 54.2% |
References
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External links
- [http://dkm.gov.za/ Official website]
{{Municipalities of the Northern Cape}}
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Category:Local municipalities of the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality