Record number of political parties will contest national and provincial elections 2019
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.
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)
Province |
Number of parties contesting 2019 provincial elections |
Number of parties which contested 2014 provincial elections |
Eastern Cape |
26 |
18 |
Free State |
28 |
16 |
Gauteng |
36 |
22 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
31 |
18 |
Limpopo |
34 |
20 |
Mpumalanga |
28 |
16 |
Northern Cape |
21 |
16 |
North West |
29 |
16 |
Western Cape |
34 |
25 |
The following parties will contest the provincial elections:
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 |
PARTIES CONTESTING FREE STATE LEGISLATURE |
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 TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT |
AFRIKAN ALLIANCE OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATS |
AGANG SOUTH AFRICA |
ALLIANCE FOR TRANSFORMATION FOR ALL |
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION |
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE |
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE |
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS |
GOOD |
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY |
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY |
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA |
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE |
POWER OF AFRICANS UNITY |
SOCIALIST REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS PARTY |
SOUTH AFRICAN CONCERNED RESIDENTS ORGANISATION 4 SERVICE DELIVERY |
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS OF TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES |
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT |
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS |
WOMEN FORWARD |
PARTIES CONTESTING GAUTENG LEGISLATURE |
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY |
AFRICAN CONTENT MOVEMENT |
AFRICAN COVENANT |
AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CHANGE |
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS |
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS |
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION |
AFRICAN RENAISSANCE UNITY |
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT |
AGANG SOUTH AFRICA |
AL JAMA-AH |
ALLIANCE FOR TRANSFORMATION FOR ALL |
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION |
BETTER RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION |
BLACK FIRST LAND FIRST |
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE |
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE |
ECONOMIC EMANCIPATION FORUM |
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS |
GAZANKULU LIBERATION CONGRESS |
GOOD |
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA |
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY |
INTERNATIONAL REVELATION CONGRESS |
LAND PARTY |
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY |
NATIONAL PEOPLE'S FRONT |
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA |
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE |
POWER OF AFRICANS UNITY |
SOCIALIST REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS PARTY |
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS OF TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES |
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT |
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS |
WOMEN FORWARD |
ZENZELENI PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT |
PARTIES CONTESTING KWAZULU-NATAL LEGISLATURE |
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY |
AFRICAN CONTENT MOVEMENT |
AFRICAN COVENANT |
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS |
AFRICAN MANTUNGWA COMMUNITY |
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS |
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION |
AFRICAN RENAISSANCE UNITY |
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT |
AL JAMA-AH |
ALLIANCE FOR TRANSFORMATION FOR ALL |
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION |
BLACK FIRST LAND FIRST |
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE |
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE |
DEMOCRATIC LIBERAL CONGRESS |
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS |
GOOD |
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY |
JUSTICE AND EMPLOYMENT PARTY |
MINORITY FRONT |
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY |
NATIONAL PEOPLES AMBASSADORS |
NATIONAL PEOPLE'S FRONT |
NATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PARTY |
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA |
PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT |
SOCIALIST REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS PARTY |
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT |
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS |
WOMEN FORWARD |
PARTIES CONTESTING LIMPOPO LEGISLATURE |
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY |
AFRICAN CONTENT MOVEMENT |
AFRICAN COVENANT |
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS |
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS |
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION |
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S SOCIALIST PARTY |
AFRICAN RENAISSANCE UNITY |
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT |
AGANG SOUTH AFRICA |
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION |
BETTER RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION |
BOLSHEVIKS PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA |
CIVIC WARRIORS OF MARULENG |
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE |
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE |
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS |
GAZA MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE |
GAZANKULU LIBERATION CONGRESS |
GOOD |
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY |
INTERNATIONAL REVELATION CONGRESS |
LAND PARTY |
MAGOSHI SWARANANG MOVEMENT |
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY |
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA |
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 |
XIMOKO PARTY |
PARTIES CONTESTING MPUMALANGA LEGISLATURE |
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY |
AFRICAN CONTENT MOVEMENT |
AFRICAN COVENANT |
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS |
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS |
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION |
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT |
AGANG SOUTH AFRICA |
ALLIANCE FOR TRANSFORMATION FOR ALL |
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION |
BETTER RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION |
BLACK FIRST LAND FIRST |
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 |
RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA |
SINDAWONYE PROGRESSIVE PARTY |
SOCIALIST REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS PARTY |
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS OF TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES |
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT |
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS |
ZENZELENI PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT |
PARTIES CONTESTING NORTHERN CAPE LEGISLATURE |
ABORIGINAL KHOISAN |
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY |
AFRICAN CONTENT MOVEMENT |
AFRICAN COVENANT |
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS |
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS |
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION |
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT |
AFRIKAN ALLIANCE OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATS |
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION |
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE |
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE |
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS |
GOOD |
INTERNATIONAL REVELATION CONGRESS |
KHOISAN REVOLUTION |
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY |
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA |
SOCIALIST REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS PARTY |
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT |
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS |
PARTIES CONTESTING THE NORTH WEST LEGISLATURE |
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY |
AFRICAN CONTENT MOVEMENT |
AFRICAN COVENANT |
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS |
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS |
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION |
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT |
AGANG SOUTH AFRICA |
ALLIANCE FOR TRANSFORMATION FOR ALL |
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION |
BLACK FIRST LAND FIRST |
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 |
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE |
REIKEMETSE DIKGABO PARTY |
SOCIALIST REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS PARTY |
SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL PARTY |
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY |
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT |
UNITING PEOPLE FIRST |
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS |
WOMEN FORWARD |
PARTIES CONTESTING THE WESTERN CAPE LEGISLATURE |
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY |
AFRICAN CONTENT MOVEMENT |
AFRICAN COVENANT |
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS |
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS |
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION |
AFRICAN PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT |
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT |
AL JAMA-AH |
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE |
ALLIANCE FOR TRANSFORMATION FOR ALL |
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION |
CAPE PARTY/ KAAPSE PARTY |
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE |
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE |
DIENSLEWERINGS PARTY |
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS |
FORUM 4 SERVICE DELIVERY |
FREE DEMOCRATS |
GOOD |
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA |
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY |
KAROO DEMOCRATIC FORCE |
KHOISAN REVOLUTION |
LAND PARTY |
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY |
NEW SOUTH AFRICA PARTY |
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA |
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA |
PLAASLIKE BESORGDE INWONERS |
SOCIALIST REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS PARTY |
THE GREEN PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA |
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT |
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS |
The final order of parties on the ballot papers will be determined by random draw during the national Code of Conduct signing ceremony taking place today (20 March) in Johannesburg.
The Electoral Commission has informed parties of any non-compliance in respect of candidate lists which must be rectified by 25 March.
The election timetable also provides an opportunity for the Electoral Commission to notify parties of any candidates appearing on lists of other parties by 26 March. The affected parties have until 28 March to submit substitutes for these candidates.
The final list of candidates will be published on 29 March. At that time more detailed statistics on candidates by province, age and gender will be made available.
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