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INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA

A party as the official results list it (ICOSA). Listed in 7 general elections, from 2000 to 2021.

General elections
7
First listed
2000
Latest
2021
Abbreviation
ICOSA

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. –2009: not listed2009
  5. 0,1%2014
  6. 0,1%2019
  7. –2024: not listed2024
Local Government elections · municipal PR ballotShare of all valid PR votes nationally, including municipalities where it was not listed. Scale 0–10%.
  1. 0,0%2000
  2. 0,1%2006
  3. 0,1%2011
  4. 0,1%2016
  5. 0,1%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
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentDistrict council PR ballot9 7750,1%–3 of 44 districts
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentWard ballot10 6090,1%0,0 ppsince 2016272 of 4 468 wards
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentMunicipal PR ballot10 6800,1%0,0 ppsince 201617 of 213 municipalities
2019 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialProvincial ballot11 0060,1%0,0 ppsince 20142 of 9 provinces
2019 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialNational ballot12 3860,1%0,0 ppsince 2014national ballot
2016 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentWard ballot15 2400,1%0,0 ppsince 2011294 of 4 392 wards
2016 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentMunicipal PR ballot15 2390,1%0,0 ppsince 201118 of 213 municipalities
2014 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialProvincial ballot13 8810,1%–4 of 9 provinces
2014 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialNational ballot14 4720,1%–national ballot
2011 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentWard ballot7 2970,1%0,0 ppsince 200671 of 4 277 wards
2011 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentMunicipal PR ballot7 2990,1%−0,1 ppsince 20069 of 234 municipalities
2006 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentWard ballot9 5350,1%0,0 ppsince 200053 of 3 895 wards
2006 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentMunicipal PR ballot11 0900,1%+0,1 ppsince 20007 of 237 municipalities
2000 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentWard ballot4 0520,0%–15 of 3 754 wards
2000 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentMunicipal PR ballot3 8900,0%–3 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

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

30 May 2018 – 20 April 2022 · IEC results

Wards contested
3
Seats awarded
0
Seats awarded, of wards contested0 of 3The 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

Ward councillors

The IEC lists 3 current ward councillors for this party in 1 municipality, as at 9 October 2026. PR councillors are not yet in the record. See them by name

By province, 2021

On the boundaries the election was held on

2021 Local Government Elections · the party’s latest election with verified results

By province — 2021, municipal PR ballotVotes and share of valid votes per province, as named on polling day
ProvinceVotesShareValid votes
Eastern CapeNot listed1 471 069
Free State2040,0%627 560
GautengNot listed2 656 255
KwaZulu-NatalNot listed2 556 843
LimpopoNot listed1 118 880
MpumalangaNot listed790 548
North WestNot listed682 671
Northern Cape310,0%324 118
Western Cape10 4450,7%1 492 667

All parties in the 2021 Local Government 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
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICAName on the results2000, 2006, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021
ICOSAAbbreviation in the results reports2014, 2019

Manifestos

The party's own election manifestos, searchable by page

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No manifesto of INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA 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: 2000 local, 2006 local, 2011 local, 2014, 2016 local, 2019, 2021 local.

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

About this party

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