The Democratic Liberal Congress (DLC) is a South African political party formed in 2016 by Patrick Pillay.
Democratic Liberal Congress | |
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Founder | Patrick Pillay |
Founded | June 2016 |
Split from | Minority Front |
Ideology | Liberalism |
Political position | Centre |
National Assembly seats | 0 / 400
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Provincial Legislatures | 0 / 430
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Pillay was a Minority Front councillor for fifteen years before infighting in that party after the death of longstanding leader Amichand Rajbansi led him to break away and form the DLC.[1]
The party opposes affirmative action and land expropriation without compensation, and is in favour of austerity measures for government and simplifying business.[2]
Election results
editNational Assembly elections
editElection | Party leader | Total votes | Share of vote | Seats | +/– | Government |
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2019 | Patrick Pillay | 10,767 | 0.06% | 0 / 400
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New | Extra-parliamentary |
2024 | 10,904 | 0.07%[a] | 0 / 400
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0 | Extra-parliamentary |
- ^ From 2024, seats in the National Assembly are determined by a combination of the national ballot, and the nine regional ballots. Only the national ballot figures are shown here.
Provincial elections
editElection[3] | Eastern Cape | Free State | Gauteng | Kwazulu-Natal | Limpopo | Mpumalanga | North-West | Northern Cape | Western Cape | |||||||||
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% | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | |
2019 | 0.38 | 0/80 | ||||||||||||||||
2024 | 0.17 | 0/80 |
Municipal elections
editElection | Votes | % |
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2016[4] | 11,895 | 0.03% |
2021[5] | 8,178 | 0.03% |
References
edit- ^ "Patrick Pillay Shuns The Minority Front, Launches Own Party". IndianSpice. 3 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ Davis, Rebecca (25 March 2019). "2019 Elections: Crib-sheet for the political parties contesting the 2019 polls, Part Two". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Local Government Elections 2021 Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 3 March 2022.