Share of by-elections per municipality
This dataset contains the total number wards in each municipality, the number of by-elections held in each municipality, and the ratio of by-elections to total wards as a percentage. This data set was created by The Outlier by combining by-election data with Municipal Demarcation Board data on the number of wards
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The data
213 rows, 6 columns.
- muni_code Text
- Unique identifier code for municipality
- municipality Text
- Municipality name
- total_number_of_wards Number
- Indicates the total number of wards in a municipality 4 – 135
- number_of_byelections Number
- Total number of by-elections held in a municipality since 2021 elections 0 – 20
- proportion_byelections_per_muni Number
- The share of wards in the municipality that had a by-election 0 – 100
- notes Category
- Council dissolved in 2024, Council dissolved in 2022, two wards had two byelections each, By-elections because of four resignations and one termination of party membership, 2 byelections in one ward, three wards each had two byelections, 3 byelections in same ward, 3 byelections in one ward
First rows
| muni_code | municipality | total_number_of_wards | number_of_byelections | proportion_byelections_per_muni | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIM361 | Thabazimbi | 12 | 12 | 100.00% | Council dissolved in 2024 |
| NW384 | Ditsobotla | 20 | 20 | 100.00% | Council dissolved in 2022 |
| EC109 | Kou-Kamma | 6 | 5 | 83.33% | two wards had two byelections each |
| WC012 | Cederberg | 6 | 5 | 83.33% | By-elections because of four resignations and one termination of party membership |
| MP303 | Mkhondo | 19 | 11 | 57.89% | |
| EC102 | Blue Crane Route | 6 | 3 | 50.00% | |
| NC078 | Siyancuma | 7 | 3 | 42.86% | |
| WC053 | Beaufort West | 7 | 3 | 42.86% | |
| KZN223 | Mpofana | 5 | 2 | 40.00% | 2 byelections in one ward |
| WC011 | Matzikama | 8 | 3 | 37.50% | 2 byelections in one ward |
| KZN245 | Umvoti | 14 | 5 | 35.71% | |
| KZN213 | Umzumbe | 20 | 7 | 35.00% |
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