Senqu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Joe Gqabi District of the

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in South Africa. Senqu is a Sesotho name for the Orange River.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-four members elected by

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. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen

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, while the remaining seventeen are chosen from

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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 the African National Congress (ANC) won an increased majority of twenty-five seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

References

External links

* http://www.senqumunicipality.co.za/ {{coord, 30, 42, S, 27, 14, E, region:ZA-EC_type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-dewiki, display=title Local municipalities of the Joe Gqabi District Municipality