| Blue Crane Route | |
| Native Name: | Bloukraanroete |
| Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
| Seal Size: | 150x100px |
| Map Alt: | Location in the Eastern Cape |
| Coordinates: | -32.7167°N 60°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Cape |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sarah Baartman |
| Seat: | Somerset East |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 6 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Party: | ANC |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Bonisile Manxoweni |
| Leader Title1: | Speaker |
| Leader Name1: | Bonisile Manxoweni (ANC) |
| Leader Title2: | Chief Whip |
| Leader Name2: | Neliswa Nkonyeni (ANC) |
| Area Total Km2: | 11068 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 36002 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 46.0% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 33.0% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.3% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 19.8% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 51.3% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 43.2% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 3.4% |
| Demographics2 Info4: | % |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 2.1% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | EC102 |
Blue Crane Route Municipality (xh|uMasipala wase Blue Crane Route; af|Bloukraanroete Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Sarah Baartman District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The municipality is named after the South African national bird, the blue crane.[4]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Population | Most spoken language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20202 | 3,776 | Xhosa | ||
| 20203 | 1,415 | Xhosa | ||
| 20204 | 1,448 | Xhosa | ||
| 20205 | 8,132 | Xhosa | ||
| 20206 | 2,596 | Afrikaans | ||
| Petersburg | 29103 | 39 | Afrikaans | |
| 20207 | 8,456 | Xhosa | ||
| Remainder of the municipality | 20201 | 9,196 | Xhosa |
See main article: Blue Crane Route Local Municipality elections. The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 1 November 2021, the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of six seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election[6]