List of political parties in South Africa

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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. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.

The Parties

Parties represented in Parliament

• African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP).
• African National Congress (ANC).
• African Peoples' Convention (APC).
• Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO).
• Congress of the People (COPE)
• Democratic Alliance (DA).
• Freedom Front + (Vryheidsfront+, FF+).
• Minority Front (MF).
• National Democratic Convention (NADECO).
• Independent Democrats (ID).
• Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP).
• Pan Africanist Congress (PAC).
• South African Communist Party (SACP).
• United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP).
• United Democratic Movement (UDM).

Parties unrepresented in Parliament

• A Party
• Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party
• Africa Muslim Party
• African Christian Alliance^[1]
• African Independent Congress
• Afrikaner Volksparty^[2]
• Alliance for Democracy and Prosperity
• Alliance for Community Transfomation
• Alliance of Free Democrats ^[3]
• Al Jama-ah
• A-Party^[4]
• Boer Separatists
• Boerestaat Party
• Boere-Vryheidsbeweging
• Black Consciousness Party
• Black People's Convention
• Cape Party^[5]
• Cape People's Congress
• Christian Democratic Alliance
• Christian Democratic Party
• Christian Front
• Christen Party/Christian Party
• Communist Party of South Africa (Marxist-Leninist)
• Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI)
• Dikwankwetla Party
• Economic Freedom Movement
• Employment Movement of South Africa
• eThekwini ECOPEACE
• Federation of Democrats
• God's People's Party ^[6]
• Great Kongress of South Africa
• Green Party of South Africa (GPSA)
• Herstigte Nasionale Party
• Independent African Movement
• Izwi Lethu Party
• Keep It Straight And Simple Party
• Moderate Independent Party
• Movement Democratic Party
• Nasionale Aksie
• National Alliance ^[7]
• National Party of South Africa(NP)
• National Peoples Party ^[8]
• New Labour Party (NLP)
• New Vision Party
• Orde Boerevolk
• The Organisation Party
• Pan Africanist Movement
• Peace and Justice Congress
• Pro-death Penalty Party
• Royal Loyal Progress
• Sindawonye Progressive Party
• Socialist Party of Azania
• South African Business Party
• South African Democratic Congress (Sadeco)
• South African Political Party
• United Independent Front
• United Party of South Africa
• United Front
• Universal Party
• Women Forward^[9]
• Workers International Vanguard League
• Workers Organization for Socialist Action
• Ximoko Party

Defunct Parties

• Afrikaner Eenheids Beweging (AEB)
• Afrikaner Party (AP)
• African Political Organisation (APO)
• Conservative Party (CP)
• Democratic Party (DP)
• Dominion Party
• Federal Alliance
• Federal Party (FP)
• Freedom Front (FF)
• Labour Party
• Labour Party (Coloured)
• National Party (NP)
• New National Party (NNP)
• New Republic Party
• Progressive Federal Party (PFP)
• Progressive Party
• Progressive Reform Party
• Reform Party
• South African Liberal Party
• South African Party (SAP)
• Sports Organization for Collective Contributions and Equal Rights (aka the SOCCER Party)
• United South African Party (aka the Unionist Party)
• United Party (UP)

See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
• Liberalism in South Africa

References

External links

• Independent Electoral Commission
• Political parties in South Africa at the Open Directory Project
• ANC's foes rise up

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