List of Political Parties in South Africa
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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.
The parties
Parties represented in Parliament
| Abreviation | Party | National Assembly Seats[1] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANC | ANC | 230 | |
| DA | Democratic Alliance | 84 | |
| EFF | Economic Freedom Fighters | 44 | |
| IFP | Inkatha Freedom Party | 14 | |
| FF+ | Freedom Front Plus | 10 | |
| ACDP | ACDP | 4 | |
| AIC | African Independent Congress | 2 | |
| ATM | African Transformation Movement | 2 | |
| COPE | Congress of the People | 2 | |
| GOOD | Good (political party) | 2 | |
| NFP | National Freedom Party | 2 | |
| UDM | United Democratic Movement | 2 | |
| ALJAMAH | Al Jama-ah | 1 | |
| PAC | Pan Africanist Congress | 1 | |
Parties unrepresented in Parliament
- Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party
- ActionSA[2]
- Africa Muslim Party (AMP)
- African Change Academy (ACA)
- African Content Movement (ACM)
- African Covenant (ACO)
- African Democratic Change
- African Mantungwa Community
- African Renaissance Unity
- African Security Congress
- African Christian Alliance[3]
- Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats
- Afrikaner Volksparty[4]
- Agang South Africa
- All Things Are Possible
- Alliance for Transformation for All
- Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO)
- Better Residents Association (BRA)
- Black First Land First (BLF)
- Boerestaat Party [BP]
- Bolsheviks Party of South Africa
- Build South Africa (BSA) [5]
- Cape Party[6]
- Christian Democratic Party
- Capitalist Party of South Africa
- Civic Warriors of Maruleng
- Communist Party of South Africa (Marxist-Leninist)[7]
- Compatriots of South Africa
- Dabalorivhuwa Patriotic Front
- Dagga Party[8]
- Democratic Liberal Congress
- Democratic Socialist movement (CWI)
- Dikwankwetla Party
- Economic Emancipation Forum (EEF)
- ECOPEACE Party
- Federal Party SA - FPSA[9]
- Forum for Service Delivery
- Free Democrats
- Front Nasionaal (FN) (previously Federale Vryheidsparty)[10]
- Gazankulu Liberation Congress
- Green Party of South Africa (GPSA) [11]
- Herstigte Nasionale Party
- International Revelation Congress
- Keep It Straight and Simple Party
- Kingdom Governance Movement
- Land Party (South Africa)
- Minority Front (MF)
- National Conservative Party of South Africa
- National Democratic Convention (NADECO)
- National Party South Africa (NP)
- National People's Ambassadors (NPA)
- National People's Front
- National People's Party (NPP)[12]
- National Religious Freedom Party
- New South Africa Party
- Pan Africanist Movement
- Patriotic Alliance
- Peace and Justice Congress
- People's Revolutionary Movement (South Africa)
- Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners
- Power of Africans Unity (PAU)
- Republican Democrats[13]
- Sakhisizwe Convention
- Socialist Green Coalition[14]
- Socialist Party of Azania
- Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party (South Africa)
- South African Communist Party (SACP) - part of the ANC-led "Tripartite Alliance"
- South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association
- South African National Congress of Traditional Authorities
- South African Political Party
- The Organic Humanity Movement (The OHM)[15]
- The Peoples Independent Civic Organisation
- True Freedom Party[16]
- Truly Alliance[17]
- Ubuntu Party
- United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP)
- United Congress
- Uniting People First
- Women Forward[18]
- Workers and Socialist Party (WASP)
- Workers Organization for Socialist Action
- Ximoko Party
Defunct parties
The following political parties are defunct.
- Afrikaner Party (AP)(1941-1951)
- Christen Party/Christian Party (2005-)
- Christian Democratic Alliance (-2009)
- Christian Front (CF)[19] (-2014)
- Conservative Party (CP) (1982-2004)
- Democratic Left Front
- Democratic Party (DP) (1973-1977)
- Democratic Party (DP) (1989-2000)
- Dominion Party(1934-1948)
- Federal Alliance (1998-2007)
- Federal Party (1994-?)
- Federation of Democrats (2005-)
- Independent Democrats (ID)(2003-2014)
- Khoisan Aboriginal and Others Movement
- Labour Party (1910-1958)
- Labour Party (1969-1994)
- Liberal Party of South Africa (1953-1968)
- Nasionale Aksie (2003-2004)
- National Alliance[20]
- National Party (NP) (1915-1997) government from 4 June 1948 until 9 May 1994
- New Labour Party (NLP) (2004-2009)
- New National Party (NNP)(1997-2005)
- New Republic Party(1977-1988)
- Pro-death Penalty Party (2004)
- Progressive Federal Party (PFP)(1977-1989)
- Progressive Party(1957-1975)
- Progressive Reform Party (1975-1977)
- Reform Party(1975-1975)
- South African Business Party (-2012)
- South African Democratic Congress (Sadeco)(2008-2011)
- South African Party (SAP) (1911-1934)
- South African Party (SAP) (1977-1980)
- United Independent Front (2005-2010)
- United Party (UP)(1934-1977)
- Universal Party(-2014)
See also
References
- ^ "ANC wins 249 seats". News24. 10 May 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 2017.
- ^ "Former Joburg mayor Herman Mashaba launches his new ActionSA party". TimesLIVE. Retrieved .
- ^ Westhuizen, Pieter van der. "ACA Party". Acaparty.org.za. Archived from the original on 2018-08-10. Retrieved .
- ^ "Tuisblad - Afrikanervolksparty". afrikanervolksparty.org. Retrieved .
- ^ http://www.buildsa.org.za
- ^ "Cape Party - Free The Cape". Capeparty.com.
- ^ "Welcome to the Communist Party of South Africa (Marxist-Leninist) -- Communist Party of South Africa (Marxist-Leninist)". Cpsa-ml.co.za.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved .CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ https://federalpartysa.github.io/
- ^ "Legal Notice No 37064". Government Gazette. 581 C. 29 November 2013.
- ^ https://www.greensouthafrica.co.za/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-11-03. Retrieved .CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) National Peoples Party
- ^ "New political party, the Republican Democrats to contest elections". Times LIVE. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-09-27. Retrieved .CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "The OHM". www.organichumanitymovement.org. Retrieved .
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-07. Retrieved .CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Home". trulyalliance.org.za. Retrieved .
- ^ [1][permanent dead link]
- ^ "Five parties deregistered by IEC". Times LIVE. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 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
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-18. Retrieved .CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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