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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%.

–1994: not listed1994
–1999: not listed1999
–2004: not listed2004
0,2%2009
0,2%2014
0,1%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
–2006: not listed2006
0,4%2011
0,3%2016
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.
Election	Ballot	Votes	Share	Change	On the ballot
2024 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	11 692	0,1%	−0,1 ppsince 2019	6 of 9 provinces
2024 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Regional ballot	14 698	0,1%	–	8 of 9 regions
2024 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	National ballot	13 195	0,1%	0,0 ppsince 2019	national ballot
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	District council PR ballot	14 294	0,2%	–	9 of 44 districts
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Ward ballot	22 790	0,2%	0,0 ppsince 2016	1 946 of 4 468 wards
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Municipal PR ballot	21 282	0,2%	−0,1 ppsince 2016	65 of 213 municipalities
2019 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	22 781	0,1%	−0,1 ppsince 2014	9 of 9 provinces
2019 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	National ballot	19 593	0,1%	−0,1 ppsince 2014	national ballot
2016 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Ward ballot	24 819	0,2%	−0,1 ppsince 2011	1 215 of 4 392 wards
2016 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Municipal PR ballot	40 750	0,3%	−0,1 ppsince 2011	70 of 213 municipalities
2014 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	40 330	0,2%	0,0 ppsince 2009	9 of 9 provinces
2014 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	National ballot	30 676	0,2%	0,0 ppsince 2009	national ballot
2011 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Ward ballot	38 159	0,3%	–	1 208 of 4 277 wards
2011 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Municipal PR ballot	54 332	0,4%	–	61 of 234 municipalities
2009 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	33 474	0,2%	–	9 of 9 provinces
2009 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	National ballot	35 867	0,2%	–	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
List	Candidates
National list	100
Regional list · Eastern Cape	18
Regional list · Free State	8
Regional list · Gauteng	47
Regional list · KwaZulu-Natal	3
Regional list · Limpopo	19
Regional list · Mpumalanga	15
Regional list · North West	13
Regional list · Western Cape	4
Provincial list · Eastern Cape	19
Provincial list · Free State	8
Provincial list · Gauteng	50
Provincial list · Limpopo	55
Provincial list · Mpumalanga	51
Provincial list · North West	27

Limpopo, 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

Limpopo — 2024, regional ballotVotes and share of valid votes per municipal area
Municipal area	Votes	Share	Valid votes
Ba-Phalaborwa	78	0,2%	40 855
Bela-Bela	11	0,1%	18 134
Blouberg	31	0,1%	44 705
Collins Chabane	373	0,4%	90 508
Elias Motsoaledi	44	0,1%	61 504
Ephraim Mogale	23	0,1%	30 666
Fetakgomo Tubatse	71	0,1%	110 625
Greater Giyani	838	1,2%	70 908
Greater Letaba	74	0,1%	64 096
Greater Tzaneen	367	0,4%	100 762
Lepelle-Nkumpi	53	0,1%	54 986
Lephalale	25	0,1%	34 831
Makhado	165	0,2%	101 803
Makhuduthamaga	59	0,1%	69 139
Maruleng	59	0,2%	31 787
Modimolle-Mookgophong	14	0,0%	30 428
Mogalakwena	158	0,2%	75 704
Molemole	97	0,3%	32 253
Musina	10	0,0%	26 599
Polokwane	105	0,1%	178 039
Thabazimbi	8	0,0%	21 910
Thulamela	124	0,1%	124 874

Open a municipality for its wards and their results. 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
Name	As	Elections
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION	Name on the results	2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024
APC	Abbreviation in the results reports	2009, 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

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