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AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS

A party as the official results list it (AIC). Listed in 8 general elections, from 2006 to 2024.

General elections: 8
First listed: 2006
Latest: 2024
Abbreviation: AIC

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%.

–1994: not listed1994
–1999: not listed1999
–2004: not listed2004
–2009: not listed2009
0,5%2014
0,3%2019
0,1%2024

Local Government elections · municipal PR ballotShare of all valid PR votes nationally, including municipalities where it was not listed. Scale 0–10%.

–2000: not listed2000
0,1%2006
0,2%2011
1,0%2016
0,6%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.
Election	Ballot	Votes	Share	Change	On the ballot
2024 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	14 496	0,1%	−0,2 ppsince 2019	5 of 9 provinces
2024 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Regional ballot	3 844	0,0%	–	1 of 9 regions
2024 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	National ballot	19 900	0,1%	−0,2 ppsince 2019	national ballot
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	District council PR ballot	31 244	0,4%	–	10 of 44 districts
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Ward ballot	42 408	0,4%	−0,2 ppsince 2016	825 of 4 468 wards
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Municipal PR ballot	73 036	0,6%	−0,4 ppsince 2016	54 of 213 municipalities
2019 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	48 422	0,3%	+0,2 ppsince 2014	9 of 9 provinces
2019 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	National ballot	48 107	0,3%	−0,3 ppsince 2014	national ballot
2016 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Ward ballot	88 538	0,6%	+0,5 ppsince 2011	852 of 4 392 wards
2016 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Municipal PR ballot	145 818	1,0%	+0,8 ppsince 2011	39 of 213 municipalities
2014 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	23 294	0,1%	0,0 ppsince 2009	2 of 9 provinces
2014 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	National ballot	97 642	0,5%	–	national ballot
2011 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Ward ballot	8 605	0,1%	0,0 ppsince 2006	53 of 4 277 wards
2011 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Municipal PR ballot	23 414	0,2%	+0,1 ppsince 2006	6 of 234 municipalities
2009 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	17 306	0,1%	–	1 of 9 provinces
2006 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Ward ballot	9 511	0,1%	–	22 of 3 895 wards
2006 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Municipal PR ballot	10 345	0,1%	–	1 of 237 municipalities

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

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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 – 15 October 2025 · IEC results

Wards contested: 69
Seats awarded: 0

Seats awarded, of wards contested0 of 69The 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

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
List	Candidates
National list	41
Regional list · Gauteng	5
Provincial list · Eastern Cape	21
Provincial list · Gauteng	20
Provincial list · KwaZulu-Natal	6
Provincial list · North West	19
Provincial list · Western Cape	20

Eastern Cape, 2024: by municipal area

On the boundaries the election was held on

All provinces

2024 National and Provincial Elections · the party’s latest election with verified results

Eastern Cape — 2024, provincial ballotVotes and share of valid votes per municipal area
Municipal area	Votes	Share	Valid votes
Amahlathi	56	0,2%	28 268
Blue Crane Route	22	0,2%	10 862
Buffalo City	398	0,2%	246 025
Dr AB Xuma	83	0,2%	35 543
Dr Beyers Naude	32	0,1%	22 149
Elundini	104	0,3%	33 132
Emalahleni	81	0,2%	34 284
Enoch Mgijima	124	0,2%	66 475
Great Kei	9	0,1%	12 426
Intsika Yethu	83	0,2%	39 682
Inxuba Yethemba	31	0,2%	17 151
King Sabata Dalindyebo	185	0,2%	99 957
Kou-Kamma	25	0,2%	11 967
Kouga	41	0,1%	37 922
Makana	56	0,2%	23 949
Matatiele	483	0,9%	55 523
Mbhashe	113	0,2%	58 091
Mhlontlo	161	0,3%	47 439
Mnquma	182	0,3%	60 585
Ndlambe	35	0,2%	21 917
Nelson Mandela Bay	540	0,2%	344 794
Ngqushwa	34	0,2%	20 826
Ngquza Hill	115	0,2%	70 714
Ntabankulu	77	0,2%	34 200
Nyandeni	118	0,2%	63 152
Port St Johns	81	0,2%	42 847
Raymond Mhlaba	105	0,2%	43 805
Sakhisizwe	36	0,2%	17 189
Senqu	96	0,3%	34 611
Sundays River Valley	37	0,3%	13 968
Umzimvubu	182	0,3%	52 358
Walter Sisulu	36	0,2%	21 439
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela	174	0,3%	69 477

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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
Name	As	Elections
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	Name on the results	2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024
AIC	Abbreviation in the results reports	2009, 2014, 2019, 2024

Manifestos

The party's own election manifestos, searchable by page

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No manifesto of AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS is on the record yet. Manifestos are added only from the party’s own published copy.

Declared donations

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

No declaration naming this party appears in the Commission’s published reports on the record (2021/22 onwards). Donations below the disclosure threshold are not published by law, so this is not a statement that the party received nothing.

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: 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

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