Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners
LeaderVirgil Gericke[1]
National Assembly seats
0 / 400
Provincial Legislatures
0 / 430
Website
www.pbionline.org

Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners (Concerned Local Residents) is a minor political party based in George, South Africa.

The party focuses on corruption, and contested the 2016 municipal elections, earning 3.3% of the proportional representation vote in the George area, and earning two seats in the George Local Municipality. In 2021, the party increased this to 10% and five seats, and also won a seat in the Knysna Local Municipality.[2]

In January 2018, party leader Virgil Gericke called for the George Local Municipality to be placed under administration following infighting within the governing Democratic Alliance and that party's failure to elect replacement councillors following the dismissal of the council's Speaker, Chief Whip and four councillors by Local Government Minister, Anton Bredell.[3]

The party contested the 2019 South African general election at provincial level in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape only, failing to win a seat.

Election results

Provincial elections

Election[4] Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng Kwazulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North-West Northern Cape Western Cape
% Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
2019 0.03% 0/63 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.19% 0/42

Municipal elections

Election Votes % Seats
2011[5][6] 3,241 0.01% 1
2016[7][6] 7,583 0.02% 2
2021[8][6] 19,563 0.06% 6

References

  1. ^ "Hawks raid on George municipality, businesses and private homes". www.onlinetenders.co.za. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Western Cape has 15 hung councils". SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Opposition parties at George in the Southern Cape are calling for the local municipality to be place..." NARI. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. ^ "2011 Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "News24". News24. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  7. ^ "2016 Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  8. ^ "2021 Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
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