South Africa: 2011 Local elections metropolitan seat allocations

Updated April 2011

The Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) handed the final municipal ward delimitations for the IEC to proceed with preparations for the 2011 local government elections to the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa on the 1 September 2010 (Municipal Demarcation Board 2010, 1).

Metropol	Registered voters	Total seats	Ward seats	PR seats
Johannesburg	2 003 007	260	130	130
Cape Town	1 719 878	221	111	110
Tshwane (Pretoria)	1 310 735	210	105	105
Ethekwini (Durban)	1 639 153	205	103	102
Ekurhuleni	1 421 433	202	101	101
Nelson Mandela Bay (East London)	566 668	120	60	60
Buffalo City (Port Elisabeth)	387 452	100	50	50
Mangaung (Bloemfontein)	372 733	97	49	48

Table source

MUNICIPAL DEMARCATION BOARD 2010 "Municipal Demarcation Board hands over municipal ward for the 2011 local government elections", [www] http://www.demarcation.org.za/pages/documents/2010_09_01%20Wards%20Press%20Statement.pdf [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 15 Apr 2011).