Great Kei Local Municipality


Great Kei Municipality is a local municipality within the Amathole District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The word Kei is of Khoikhoi origin, meaning "great/big". The municipality is named after the Great Kei River.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea Population
Chintsa East3.801,317
Chintsa2.57423
Cwili0.511,473
Haga Haga1.20114
Kei Mouth3.20284
Qumrha5.321,267
Kwelerha Point0.3696
Kwelerha50.838,941
Mooiplaas145.0717,281
Morgans Bay1.36453
Ocean View0.1767
Qumrha1.945,652
Remainder of the municipality1,519.307,087

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 seven wards, while the remaining six 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 won a majority of nine seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.