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This is a list of political parties in South Africa. South Africa is a democratic but one party dominant state with the African National Congress in power.
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The parties
Parties represented in Parliament
Main article: Results of the South African general election, 2014
Party | Also known as | National Assembly seats[1] |
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African Christian Democratic Party | ACDP | 3 |
African Independent Congress | AIC | 3 |
African National Congress | ANC | 249 |
African Peoples' Convention | APC | 1 |
Agang South Africa | Agang | 2 |
Congress of the People | COPE | 3 |
Democratic Alliance | DA | 89 |
Economic Freedom Fighters | EFF | 25 |
Freedom Front Plus | FF+ | 4 |
Inkatha Freedom Party | IFP | 10 |
National Freedom Party | NFP | 6 |
Pan Africanist Congress | PAC | 1 |
United Democratic Movement | UDM | 4 |
Parties unrepresented in Parliament
- Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party
- Africa Muslim Party
- African Christian Alliance[2]
- Afrikaner Volksparty[3]
- Alliance for Democracy and Prosperity[citation needed]
- Alliance for Community Transfomation[citation needed]
- Alliance of Free Democrats[4]
- Al Jama-ah
- A-Party[5]
- Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO)
- Boerestaat Party
- Bolshevik Party of South Africa
- Black Consciousness Party[citation needed]
- Black People's Convention[citation needed]
- Cape Party[6]
- Cape People's Congress[citation needed]
- Christian Democratic Alliance
- Christian Democratic Party
- Christen Party/Christian Party
- Communist Party of South Africa (Marxist-Leninist)[citation needed]
- Dabalorivhuwa Patriotic Front
- Dagga Party[7]
- Democratic Left Front
- Democratic Socialist movement (CWI)[8]
- Dikwankwetla Party
- Economic Freedom Movement[citation needed]
- Employment Movement of South Africa[citation needed]
- ECOPEACE Party
- Federation of Democrats
- Front Nasionaal (FN) (previously Federale Vryheidsparty)[9]
- God's People's Party[10]
- Great Kongress of South Africa[citation needed]
- Green Party of South Africa (GPSA)
- Herstigte Nasionale Party
- Independent African Movement[citation needed]
- International Revelation Congress
- Izwi Lethu Party[citation needed]
- Keep It Straight And Simple Party
- Libertarian Party of South Africa [11]
- Minority Front (MF)
- Moderate Independent Party[citation needed]
- Movement Democratic Party[citation needed]
- Nasionale Aksie[citation needed]
- National Alliance[12]
- National Democratic Convention (NADECO)
- National Party South Africa (NP)
- National People's Party (NPP)[13]
- New Labour Party (NLP)
- New Vision Party[citation needed]
- The Organisation Party[citation needed]
- Pan Africanist Movement[citation needed]
- Patriotic Alliance
- Peace and Justice Congress
- Pro-death Penalty Party[citation needed]
- Republican Democrats[14]
- Royal Loyal Progress[citation needed]
- Sindawonye Progressive Party[citation needed]
- Social Democratic Party SA
- Socialist Party of Azania
- Socialist Green Coalition[15]
- South African Communist Party (SACP) – as part of the ANC-led "Tripartite Alliance" since 1994, the SACP has not contested elections in their own name[citation needed]
- South African Democratic Congress (Sadeco)
- South African Political Party[citation needed]
- The Peoples Independent Civic Organisation
- True Freedom Party[16]
- Ubuntu Party
- United Independent Front
- United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP)
- United Congress
- United Party of South Africa[citation needed]
- United Front[citation needed]
- Women Forward[17]
- Workers and Socialist Party (WASP)
- Workers Organization for Socialist Action
- Ximoko Party[citation needed]
Defunct parties
The following political parties are defunct as of May 2014 but were formerly active:[citation needed]
- Afrikaner Eenheids Beweging (AEB)
- Afrikaner Party (AP)
- African Political Organisation (APO)
- Christian Front (CF)[18]
- Conservative Party (CP)
- Democratic Party (DP) (1989–2000)
- Democratic Party (DP) (1973–1977)
- Dominion Party
- Federal Alliance
- Federal Party (FP)
- Freedom Front (FF)
- Independent Democrats (ID)
- Labour Party[when?]
- Labour Party (Coloured)
- Liberal Party of South Africa
- National Party (NP)
- New National Party (NNP)
- New Republic Party
- Progressive Federal Party (PFP)
- Progressive Party
- Progressive Reform Party
- Reform Party[when?]
- South African Business Party[when?]
- South African Party (SAP) (1911–1934)
- South African Party (SAP) (1977–1980)
- Sports Organization for Collective Contributions and Equal Rights (aka the SOCCER Party[citation needed])[when?]
- United South African Party (aka the "Unionist Party"[citation needed])
- United Party (UP)
- Universal Party
- Kroonstad and Kokstad Official Youth Front (KAKOYF)
See also
References
- ^ "ANC wins 249 seats". News24. 10 May 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ African Christian Alliance
- ^ Afrikaner Volksparty
- ^ Alliance of Free Democrats
- ^ A-Party
- ^ The Cape Party
- ^ http://www.daggaparty.co.za/
- ^ "Welcome to the Frontpage". Socialistsouthafrica.co.za. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
- ^ "Legal Notice No 37064". Government Gazette. 581 C. 29 November 2013.
- ^ God's People's Party
- ^ http://www.libpartysa.com/. Missing or empty
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(help); - ^ http://www.nationalalliance.co.za/
- ^ http://www.npp.za.net/ National Peoples Party
- ^ "New political party, the Republican Democrats to contest elections". Times LIVE. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://truefreedomparty.org.za/
- ^ http://www.womenforward.org.za Women Forward
- ^ "Five parties deregistered by IEC". Times LIVE. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
five parties – the Justice Party, the Real Congress, the United Democratic Civic Organisation, the Unemployed People's Party and the Christian Front – were deregistered
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