IEC Party and Independents election list 18 May 2011

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=30 BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width="100%" style=" border-left: 1px solid #3366CC;" BGCOLOR="#000066" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>Tulbagh Info Information</B></div> <div> IEC Party and Independents election list 18 May 2011</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="120" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#0099CC HEIGHT= 15 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="local_news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tulbagh News Page 2"><U>Back to Local News</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="592" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#F3F3F3 HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="588"><div> <B>Are people fed up with the major Political parties?</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1218 WIDTH="588"><bR> <div> Makes one wonder if the assumption that we are right in our belief that generally people are fed up with the performance of the larger Parties at Local Government level and are demanding their own public representatives chosen by them to represent them of their respective Councils?</div> <div> Check out the number of Parties in each province as well as the number of Independents who registered with the IEC?</div> <bR> <div> <B>From the IEC website</B></div> <div> <B>As on 4 April 2011, 55 684 candidates will contest this year's municipal elections</B></div> <bR> <div> These figures are subject to compliance by those candidates who have been informed by the IEC of non-compliance. </div> <bR> <div> The breakdown per candidate per province is as follows:</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="518" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#C0DCC0 HEIGHT= 36 WIDTH="134"><div> <B>Province</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#C0DCC0><NOBR><div> <B>Independents</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#C0DCC0 WIDTH="94"><div> <B>Ward Candidates</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#C0DCC0 WIDTH="94"><div> <B>PR List Candidates</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#C0DCC0 WIDTH="70"><div> <B>TOTAL</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="518" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="134"><div> Eastern Cape</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="110"><div> 182</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 3664</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 3716</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="70"><div> 7562</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="518" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="134"><div> Free State</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="110"><div> 35</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 1818</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 1583</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="70"><div> 3436</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="518" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="134"><div> Gauteng</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="110"><div> 86</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 6259</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 3216</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="70"><div> 9561</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="518" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 ><NOBR><div> KwaZulu-Natal</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="110"><div> 119</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 5710</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 4780</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="70"><div> 10609</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="518" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="134"><div> Mpumalanga</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="110"><div> 53</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 2307</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 2088</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="70"><div> 4448</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="518" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="134"><div> Northern Cape</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="110"><div> 30</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 760</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 839</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="70"><div> 1629</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="518" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="134"><div> Limpopo</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="110"><div> 182</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 3573</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 3216</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="70"><div> 6971</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="518" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="134"><div> North West</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="110"><div> 61</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 2238</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 1934</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="70"><div> 4233</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="518" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="134"><div> Western Cape</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="110"><div> 95</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 4219</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 2921</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="70"><div> 7235</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="518" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="134"><div> TOTAL</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="110"><div> 843</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 30548</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="94"><div> 24293</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="70"><div> <B>55684</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Of the 55 684 candidates, 37% are women and 63% are men.</div> <div> <B>The 2006 municipal elections were contested by 36 475 candidates</B> with 20 679 participating in the 2000 municipal elections.</div> <div> A total of 121* parties have notified the IEC of their intention to contest the 2011 municipal elections. The breakdown per province is as follows:</div> <div> <B>Province Number of Parties per Province</B></div> <div> <B>Eastern Cape                                                      </B><B>28</B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="578" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="288"><div> <B>Free State</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="283"><div> <B>18</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="578" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="288"><div> <B>Gauteng</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="283"><div> <B>35</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="578" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="288"><div> <B>KwaZulu-Natal</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="283"><div> <B>28</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="578" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="288"><div> <B>Mpumalanga</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="283"><div> <B>20</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="578" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="288"><div> <B>Limpopo</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="283"><div> <B>21</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="578" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="288"><div> <B>North West</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="283"><div> <B>20</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="578" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="288"><div> <B>Northern Cape</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="283"><div> <B>10</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="578" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="288"><div> <B>Western Cape</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="283"><div> <B>61</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> * Please note: Some parties will contest in more than one province </div> <bR> <div> <B>Inserted by John Veschini</B></div> <div> <B>VIP - Voice of Independents Party</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=28 style=" border-top: 1px solid #0066CC; border-left: 1px solid #0066CC;border-right: 1px solid #0066CC; border-bottom: 1px solid #0066CC;" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>