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    Record number of parties to contest election

    Mzwamadoda MakalimaBy Mzwamadoda MakalimaMarch 26, 2019Updated:March 26, 2019No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Voters will be faced with their biggest choice yet in a national election after a record number of 48 political parties met the legal requirements to contest this year’s elections, the Electoral Commission (IEC) said in a media release.

    This is 19 more parties than contested the 2014 national elections. The parties which will contest the national elections (in alphabetical order) are:

    AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
    AFRICAN CONGRESS OF DEMOCRATS
    AFRICAN CONTENT MOVEMENT
    AFRICAN COVENANT
    AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CHANGE
    AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS
    AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
    AFRICAN PEOPLE’S CONVENTION
    AFRICAN RENAISSANCE UNITY
    AFRICAN SECURITY CONGRESS
    AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT
    AFRIKAN ALLIANCE OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATS
    AGANG SOUTH AFRICA
    AL JAMA-AH
    ALLIANCE FOR TRANSFORMATION FOR ALL
    AZANIAN PEOPLE’S ORGANISATION
    BETTER RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
    BLACK FIRST LAND FIRST
    CAPITALIST PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA
    CHRISTIAN POLITICAL MOVEMENT
    COMPATRIOTS OF SOUTH AFRICA
    CONGRESS  OF THE PEOPLE
    DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
    DEMOCRATIC LIBERAL CONGRESS
    ECONOMIC EMANCIPATION FORUM
    ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS
    FORUM 4 SERVICE DELIVERY
    FREE DEMOCRATS
    FRONT NASIONAAL/FRONT NATIONAL
    GOOD
    INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA
    INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
    INTERNATIONAL REVELATION CONGRESS
    LAND PARTY
    MINORITY FRONT
    NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY
    NATIONAL PEOPLES AMBASSADORS
    NATIONAL PEOPLE’S FRONT
    PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA
    PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE
    PEOPLE’S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT
    POWER OF AFRICANS UNITY
    SOCIALIST REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS PARTY
    SOUTH AFRICAN MAINTANANCE AND ESTATE BENEFICIARIES ASSOCIATION
    SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS OF TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES
    UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT
    VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS
    WOMEN FORWARD

     

    The deadline also saw a new record number of parties contesting all provincial elections with the largest number of parties contesting Gauteng (36) and the smallest number contesting the Northern Cape (21)

    ProvinceNumber of parties contesting 2019 provincial electionsNumber of parties which contested 2014 provincial elections
    Eastern Cape2618
    Free State2816
    Gauteng3622
    KwaZulu-Natal3118
    Limpopo3420
    Mpumalanga2816
    Northern Cape2116
    North West2916
    Western Cape3425

     

    The following parties will contest the provincial elections in the Eastern Cape:

    PARTIES CONTESTING EASTERN CAPE LEGISLATURE
    AFRICAN CHANGE ACADEMY
    AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
    AFRICAN CONTENT MOVEMENT
    AFRICAN COVENANT
    AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS
    AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
    AFRICAN PEOPLE’S CONVENTION
    AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT
    AL JAMA-AH
    ALLIANCE FOR TRANSFORMATION FOR ALL
    AZANIAN PEOPLE’S ORGANISATION
    CHRISTIAN POLITICAL MOVEMENT
    CONGRESS  OF THE PEOPLE
    DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
    ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS
    FORUM 4 SERVICE DELIVERY
    GOOD
    INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
    INTERNATIONAL REVELATION CONGRESS
    NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY
    PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA
    PEOPLE’S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT
    PLAASLIKE BESORGDE INWONERS
    SOCIALIST REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS PARTY
    UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT
    VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS

     

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    Mzwamadoda Makalima, better known as Azlan Makalima, is a Grocotts Mail Online Producer, Journalist, Graphic and Layout Designer. He is a Head-Director at Multimedia Makenik, a Small Medium Micro Enterprise on Event Management, Graphic, Audio and Visual Design.

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