Baviaans Local Municipality elections

The following table shows the composition of the council after past elections.

The Baviaans Local Municipality was created in 2000, replacing the transitional local councils of Willowmore and Steytlerville. The council consisted of five members; the Democratic Alliance (DA) obtained a majority of three.

October 2002 floor crossing

See also: Floor crossing (South Africa)

In terms of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution and the judgment of the Constitutional Court in United Democratic Movement v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others, in the period from 8–22 October 2002 councillors had the opportunity to cross the floor to a different political party without losing their seats. In the Baviaans council, two councillors crossed from the DA to the African National Congress (ANC), giving the ANC a majority of four.[2]

Party		Seats before	Net change	Seats after
	African National Congress	2	2	4
	Democratic Alliance	3	2	1

The DA obtained a majority of three out of the five members.

At the time of this election the council was expanded to seven members, and the municipality was demarcated into four wards. Four councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting from the wards, while the other three were appointed from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. The DA obtained a majority of four members.