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AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION

A party as the official results list it (APC). Listed in 7 general elections, from 2009 to 2024.

General elections
7
First listed
2009
Latest
2024
Abbreviation
APC

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. –1999: not listed1999
  3. –2004: not listed2004
  4. 0,2%2009
  5. 0,2%2014
  6. 0,1%2019
  7. 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%.
  1. –2000: not listed2000
  2. –2006: not listed2006
  3. 0,4%2011
  4. 0,3%2016
  5. 0,2%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 ballot11 6920,1%−0,1 ppsince 20196 of 9 provinces
2024 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialRegional ballot14 6980,1%–8 of 9 regions
2024 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialNational ballot13 1950,1%0,0 ppsince 2019national ballot
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentDistrict council PR ballot14 2940,2%–9 of 44 districts
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentWard ballot22 7900,2%0,0 ppsince 20161 946 of 4 468 wards
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentMunicipal PR ballot21 2820,2%−0,1 ppsince 201665 of 213 municipalities
2019 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialProvincial ballot22 7810,1%−0,1 ppsince 20149 of 9 provinces
2019 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialNational ballot19 5930,1%−0,1 ppsince 2014national ballot
2016 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentWard ballot24 8190,2%−0,1 ppsince 20111 215 of 4 392 wards
2016 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentMunicipal PR ballot40 7500,3%−0,1 ppsince 201170 of 213 municipalities
2014 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialProvincial ballot40 3300,2%0,0 ppsince 20099 of 9 provinces
2014 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialNational ballot30 6760,2%0,0 ppsince 2009national ballot
2011 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentWard ballot38 1590,3%–1 208 of 4 277 wards
2011 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentMunicipal PR ballot54 3320,4%–61 of 234 municipalities
2009 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialProvincial ballot33 4740,2%–9 of 9 provinces
2009 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialNational ballot35 8670,2%–national ballot

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
23
Seats awarded
0
Seats awarded, of wards contested0 of 23The 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
ListCandidates
National list100
Regional list · Eastern Cape18
Regional list · Free State8
Regional list · Gauteng47
Regional list · KwaZulu-Natal3
Regional list · Limpopo19
Regional list · Mpumalanga15
Regional list · North West13
Regional list · Western Cape4
Provincial list · Eastern Cape19
Provincial list · Free State8
Provincial list · Gauteng50
Provincial list · Limpopo55
Provincial list · Mpumalanga51
Provincial list · North West27

By province, 2024

On the boundaries the election was held on

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

By province — 2024, national ballotVotes and share of valid votes per province, as named on polling day
ProvinceVotesShareValid votes
Eastern Cape1 7380,1%1 808 754
Free State6030,1%831 445
Gauteng2 2830,1%4 014 858
KwaZulu-Natal1 1740,0%3 517 028
Limpopo2 5580,2%1 430 184
Mpumalanga3 1050,3%1 154 199
North West6730,1%893 951
Northern Cape2130,1%397 856
Western Cape8470,0%1 990 734
Votes cast abroad (listed as "Out of Country")10,0%39 084

All parties in the 2024 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 PEOPLE'S CONVENTIONName on the results2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024
APCAbbreviation in the results reports2009, 2014, 2019, 2024

Manifestos

The party's own election manifestos, searchable by page

Search this party’s policies
No manifesto of AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION 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: 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

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