The Theewaterskloof Local Municipality council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards. At the same time, the remaining thirteen 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, no party won a majority.
Results The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.
Event ANC DA Other Total 2000 election 9 9 1 19 2002 floor-crossing 10 4 5 19 2004 floor-crossing 13 4 2 19 2006 election 10 9 4 23 2007 floor-crossing 10 10 3 23 2011 election 9 13 3 25 2016 election 10 14 3 27 2021 election 8 11 8 27
December 2000 election
The following table shows the results of the 2000 election.
By-elections from December 2000 to October 2002 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the election in December 2000 and the floor crossing period in October 2002.
Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 27 February 2002 9
October 2002 floor crossing
In terms of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution and the judgment of the Constitutional Court in United Democratic Movement v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others, in the period from 8–22 October 2002 councillors had the opportunity to cross the floor to a different political party without losing their seats. In the Theewaterskloof council, four councillors from the Democratic Alliance (DA) crossed to the New National Party (NNP), which had formerly been part of the DA.
Party Seats before Net change Seats after 10 0 10 8 4 4 – 4 4 1 0 1
By-elections from October 2002 to August 2004 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the floor crossing periods in October 2002 and September 2004.
Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 18 June 2003 10
September 2004 floor crossing Another floor-crossing period occurred on 1–15 September 2004, in which three of the NNP councillors crossed to the ANC. Party Seats before Net change Seats after 10 3 13 4 0 4 4 3 1 1 0 1
March 2006 election
The following table shows the results of the 2006 election.
By-elections from March 2006 to August 2007 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the election in March 2006 and the floor crossing period in September 2007.
Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 23 May 2007 1
September 2007 floor crossing The final floor-crossing period occurred on 1–15 September 2007; floor-crossing was subsequently abolished in 2008 by the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution. In the Theewaterskloof council the single councillor representing the United Democratic Movement crossed to the Democratic Alliance.
Party Seats before Net change Seats after 10 0 10 9 1 10 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0
By-elections from September 2007 to May 2011 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the floor crossing period in September 2007 and the election in May 2011.
Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 10 December 2008 1 7 9 24 March 2010 4 26 May 2010 12 10 November 2010 7
May 2011 election
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.
By-elections from May 2011 to August 2016 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the elections in May 2011 and August 2016.
Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 25 April 2012 11 26 November 2014 11 3 June 2015 5 30 September 2015 11
August 2016 election
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.
The local council sends five representatives to the council of the Overberg District Municipality: three from the Democratic Alliance and two from the African National Congress.
November 2021 election
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
The African National Congress and the Patriotic Alliance (PA), supported by Good, formed a minority coalition, with the PA's Kallie Papier elected as mayor, Good's John Michels as deputy and the ANC's Derick Appel as speaker.
By-elections from November 2021 The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.
Date Ward Party of the previous councillor Party of the newly elected councillor 10 Dec 2025 6
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