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In South Africa, wards are geopolitical subdivisions of municipalities used for electoral purposes. Each metropolitan and local municipality is delimited by the Municipal Demarcation Board into half as many wards as there are seats on the municipal council (rounding up if there are an odd number of seats). Each ward then elects one councillor directly, and the remaining councillors are elected from party lists so that the overall party representation is proportional to the proportion of votes received by each party.

After the 2021 municipal elections, there are 4,468 wards in South Africa.^[1]

References

^ Zeeman, Kyle (22 June 2021). "Here's how much it could cost you to contest the upcoming local government elections". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

External links

Municipal Demarcation Board

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[1] Zeeman, Kyle (22 June 2021). "Here's how much it could cost you to contest the upcoming local government elections". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

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+{{Short description|Electoral municipality subdivision}}
-In South Africa, '''[[ward (country subdivision)|wards]]''' are geopolitical subdivisions of [[Municipalities of South Africa|municipalities]] used for electoral purposes. Each [[metropolitan municipality (South Africa)|metropolitan]] and [[local municipality (South Africa)|local municipality]] is delimited by the [[Municipal Demarcation Board]] into half as many wards as there are seats on the municipal council (rounding up if there are an odd number of seats). Each ward then elects one councillor directly, and the remaining councillors are elected from [[party list]]s so that the overall party balance is proportional to the proportion of votes received by each party.
+{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
+[[File:South Africa electoral wards 2016 blank.svg|thumb|300px|Map of the wards into which South Africa is divided]]
+In South Africa, '''[[ward (country subdivision)|wards]]''' are geopolitical subdivisions of [[Municipalities of South Africa|municipalities]] used for electoral purposes. Each [[metropolitan municipality (South Africa)|metropolitan]] and [[local municipality (South Africa)|local municipality]] is delimited by the [[Municipal Demarcation Board]] into half as many wards as there are seats on the municipal council (rounding up if there are an odd number of seats). Each ward then elects one councillor directly, and the remaining councillors are elected from [[party list]]s so that the overall party representation is proportional to the proportion of votes received by each party.
-After the [[South African local elections, 2011|2011 local elections]], there are 4,277 wards in South Africa.<ref name="more-wards">{{cite news |title=More wards ahead of local govt elections |first=Nthambeleni |last=Gabara |url=http://www.buanews.gov.za/rss/10/10090113251001 |newspaper=BuaNews |publisher=Government Communication and Information System |date=1 September 2010 |accessdate=22 April 2011}}</ref>
+After the [[2021 South African municipal elections|2021 municipal elections]], there are 4,468 wards in South Africa.<ref>{{cite news |first=Kyle |last=Zeeman |date=22 June 2021 |title=Here's how much it could cost you to contest the upcoming local government elections |work=TimesLIVE |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2021-06-22-heres-how-much-it-could-cost-you-to-contest-the-upcoming-local-government-elections/ |access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref>
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 * [http://www.demarcation.org.za/ Municipal Demarcation Board]
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 [[Category:Subdivisions of South Africa]]
-[[Category:Fourth-level administrative country subdivisions|South Africa]]
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