Siyancuma Local Municipality


Siyancuma Municipality is a Local [municipality (South Africa)|local municipality] within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language
Breipaal1.408,533Afrikaans
Campbell78.421,763Afrikaans
Douglas73.296,946Afrikaans
Griekwastad77.093,952Afrikaans
Mathlomola0.181,265Afrikaans
Ritchie140.31953Afrikaans
Schmidtsdrift22.753,243
Remainder of the municipality9,634.359,152Afrikaans

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 2021 South African [municipal elections|election of 1 November 2021] no party obtained a majority of seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.