Skip to content
Mandate SA — home
Search
Find my wardHow we work
Theme
Official results

AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY

A party as the official results list it (ACDP). Listed in 12 general elections, from 1994 to 2024.

General elections
12
First listed
1994
Latest
2024
Abbreviation
ACDP

Also listed by abbreviation

The official 1994 results list parties on the national ballot by abbreviation only. A line with the same abbreviation is a separate record: ACDP (listed by abbreviation only). Its votes are not added to this party’s results.

Logo and colours

  • Party logos: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)

Colours: no verified record. The IEC’s results dashboards draw parties in display colours of their own choosing; they are not the party’s statement and are not used.

Leadership

No verified record currently available. Party office is recorded only where the party or an official register states it, with the date it states.

Electoral history

Votes and share in every election this record appears in

National & Provincial elections · national ballotShare of valid votes nationally. A dash: not listed on that ballot. Scale 0–10%.
  1. –1994: not listed1994
  2. 1,4%1999
  3. 1,6%2004
  4. 0,8%2009
  5. 0,6%2014
  6. 0,8%2019
  7. 0,6%2024
Local Government elections · municipal PR ballotShare of all valid PR votes nationally, including municipalities where it was not listed. Scale 0–10%.
  1. 1,2%2000
  2. 1,3%2006
  3. 0,6%2011
  4. 0,4%2016
  5. 0,8%2021
Results in every election recordedShare of valid votes on all ballots of that type in the election, including where the party was not listed. Changes compare elections of the same type on the same ballot.
ElectionBallotVotesShareChangeOn the ballot
2024 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialProvincial ballot94 1680,6%−0,2 ppsince 20199 of 9 provinces
2024 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialRegional ballot93 8820,6%–9 of 9 regions
2024 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialNational ballot96 5780,6%−0,2 ppsince 2019national ballot
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentDistrict council PR ballot32 2390,5%–24 of 44 districts
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentWard ballot92 5150,8%+0,4 ppsince 20163 176 of 4 468 wards
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentMunicipal PR ballot93 1370,8%+0,4 ppsince 2016121 of 213 municipalities
2019 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialProvincial ballot132 9160,8%+0,2 ppsince 20149 of 9 provinces
2019 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialNational ballot146 2620,8%+0,3 ppsince 2014national ballot
2016 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentWard ballot61 9760,4%−0,2 ppsince 20112 354 of 4 392 wards
2016 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentMunicipal PR ballot62 4540,4%−0,2 ppsince 201189 of 213 municipalities
2014 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialProvincial ballot98 5970,6%−0,2 ppsince 20099 of 9 provinces
2014 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialNational ballot104 0390,6%−0,2 ppsince 2009national ballot
2011 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentWard ballot86 8650,7%−0,6 ppsince 20062 634 of 4 277 wards
2011 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentMunicipal PR ballot78 7370,6%−0,7 ppsince 2006124 of 234 municipalities
2009 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialProvincial ballot136 3790,8%−0,8 ppsince 20049 of 9 provinces
2009 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialNational ballot142 6580,8%−0,8 ppsince 2004national ballot
2006 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentWard ballot122 4781,2%+0,2 ppsince 20002 249 of 3 895 wards
2006 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentMunicipal PR ballot128 9901,3%+0,1 ppsince 2000139 of 237 municipalities
2004 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialProvincial ballot242 9241,6%+0,2 ppsince 19999 of 9 provinces
2004 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialNational ballot250 2721,6%+0,2 ppsince 1999national ballot
2000 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentWard ballot92 5121,1%–963 of 3 754 wards
2000 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentMunicipal PR ballot103 4401,2%–67 of 237 municipalities
1999 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialProvincial ballot219 4711,4%+0,8 ppsince 19949 of 9 provinces
1999 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialNational ballot228 9751,4%–national ballot
1994 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialProvincial ballot117 8250,6%–9 of 9 provinces

Promises and actions

What the party promised and what it did, each with evidence and a review date — a separate, editorial layer beside the official record

Open the tracker

None published yet. Promises and party activities appear here only after editorial review — this is not a statement that the party made no promises or did nothing.

Ward by-elections

9 November 2016 – 2 April 2025 · IEC results

Wards contested
96
Seats awarded
0
Seats awarded, of wards contested0 of 96The IEC's seat award at each by-election — not a statement that the candidate holds the seat today.
Every by-election day

People

Members official rosters list for this party now, and its 2024 candidate lists — two different things

Listed as current members

Member of the National Assembly3 listed as current members, as at 8 October 2026
NameParty (as listed)List
Kenneth Raselabe Joseph MeshoeAFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTYListed as “ACDP”National
Steven Nicholas SwartAFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTYListed as “ACDP”National
Wayne Maxim ThringAFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTYListed as “ACDP”National
Member of the Provincial Legislature — Western Cape1 listed as a current member, as at 8 October 2026
NameParty (as listed)Role (as listed)
Ferlon ChristiansAFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY–

As each body’s roster lists them, under this party’s name or label, on the date it was read. Rosters of some provincial legislatures are not yet in the record. All members listed for this party

2024 candidate lists

Candidate lists, 2024 National and Provincial ElectionsThe IEC's final lists as at 10 April 2024 — who stood, not who was elected
ListCandidates
National list190
Regional list · Eastern Cape22
Regional list · Free State5
Regional list · Gauteng32
Regional list · KwaZulu-Natal35
Regional list · Limpopo12
Regional list · Mpumalanga10
Regional list · North West11
Regional list · Northern Cape5
Regional list · Western Cape24
Provincial list · Eastern Cape28
Provincial list · Free State8
Provincial list · Gauteng68
Provincial list · KwaZulu-Natal36
Provincial list · Limpopo16
Provincial list · Mpumalanga10
Provincial list · North West12
Provincial list · Northern Cape20
Provincial list · Western Cape24

By province, 1999

Areas as that election's official results list them — never mapped onto today's boundaries

1999 National and Provincial Elections · selected election

By province — 1999, national ballotVotes and share of valid votes per province, as named on polling day
ProvinceVotesShareValid votes
Eastern Cape24 3441,1%2 188 184
Free State10 0310,9%1 094 776
Gauteng43 3211,2%3 704 449
KwaZulu-Natal53 7991,8%2 958 963
Limpopo18 1511,1%1 660 849
Mpumalanga12 4531,1%1 132 517
North West11 7740,9%1 307 532
Northern Cape5 2951,6%327 950
Western Cape49 8073,1%1 601 922

All parties in the 1999 National and Provincial Elections

Names as listed

Exactly as the official results and reports print them

Names and abbreviations as listedA different name in a later election would be a separate record unless a source links them
NameAsElections
African Christian Democratic PartyName on the results1994
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTYName on the results1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024
ACDPAbbreviation in the results reports1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024

Manifestos

The party's own election manifestos, searchable by page

Search this party’s policies

Declared donations

As the Electoral Commission's published declarations reports print them; above the disclosure threshold only

All declarations

AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY declared R 475 000 in 3 donations over 2021/22–2024/25. Donors declared 3 of these from their side; those are shown but not added.

Donations declared by AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTYLatest first; rands as published
PeriodDonor, as publishedReceivedAmountType
2024/25 · Q1HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED26 April 2024R 120 000Monetary
2024/25 · Q1AFRICAN RAINBOW MINERALS LIMITED26 April 2024R 120 000Monetary
2021/22 · Q2FIRESTATION ASSET MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD20 September 2021R 235 000Monetary

Donors other parties also declared

By the same published name, a name match rather than proof of one person or company. Each opens the donor’s declarations to every party.

Sources

Every figure on this page is read from the approved official results of each election; nothing is entered by hand. Each election’s page lists the Electoral Commission’s files it was loaded from, with their fingerprints and how the totals were checked: 1994, 1999, 2000 local, 2004, 2006 local, 2009, 2011 local, 2014, 2016 local, 2019, 2021 local, 2024.

Record first created from IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, Eastern Cape (CSV) · retrieved 7 October 2026 · approved 19 October 2026

About this party

This page holds the official record only. Mandate SA has not published editorial information about this party — its history, leaders, positions or record in office. When it does, that material will be marked as editorial, with its own sources, and kept apart from the official results.

Dispute this recordSubmit additional information