Editing Hessequa Local Municipality (section)

== Politics ==
{{main|Hessequa Local Municipality elections}}
{{Politics of Western Cape}}
The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by [[mixed-member proportional representation]]. Nine councillors are elected by [[first-past-the-post voting]] in nine [[ward (South Africa)|wards]], while the remaining eight are chosen from [[party list]]s so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the [[2021 South African municipal elections|election of 1 November 2021]] the [[Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|Democratic Alliance]] (DA) won a majority of seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Hessequa|url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/WC042/short|access-date=2021-11-08|website=wikitable.frith.dev}}</ref>
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:right"
!colspan="9" align="center"| Hessequa local election, 1 November 2021
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Party !!colspan="4" align="center"| Votes !!colspan="3" align="center"| Seats
|-
! Ward !! List !! Total !! % !! Ward !! List !! Total
|-
| {{Full party name with color |Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}
| 10,391 || 10,597 || 20,988 || 50.2% || 6 || 3 || 9
|-
| {{Full party name with color |African National Congress}}
| 7,309 || 7,245 || 14,554 || 34.8% || 3 || 3 || 6
|-
| {{Full party name with color |Freedom Front Plus}}
| 1,647 || 1,577 || 3,224 || 7.7% || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
| {{Full party name with color |Patriotic Alliance (South Africa)}}
| 572 || 606 || 1,178 || 2.8% || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
| {{Full party name with color |Independent candidates}}
| 182 || – || 182 || 0.4% || 0 || – || 0
|-
| ||style="text-align:left"| 7 other parties
| 817 || 877 || 1,694 || 4.1% || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| '''Total'''
| '''20,918''' || '''20,902''' || '''41,820''' ||  || '''9''' || '''8''' || '''17'''
|-
|colspan="9"|
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Valid votes
| 20,918 || 20,902 || 41,820 || 99.4%
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| [[Spoilt vote]]s
| 103 || 138 || 241 || 0.6%
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| '''Total votes cast'''
| '''21,021''' || '''21,040''' || '''42,061''' ||
|-
|colspan="6"|
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Voter turnout
| 21,055
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Registered voters
| 33,270
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Turnout percentage
| 63.3%
|}