Siyancuma Local Municipality is a local municipality in the
Pixley ka Seme District Municipality district of the
Northern Cape
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province of
South Africa
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.
Main places
The
2001 census divided the municipality into the following
main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by
mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by
first-past-the-post voting
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...
in seven
wards, while the remaining six are chosen from
party list
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s so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the
election of 1 November 2021 no party obtained a majority of seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.
References
External links
Official website
Local municipalities of the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality
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