Official results

PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA

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

General elections: 12
First listed: 1994
Latest: 2024
Abbreviation: PAC

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: PAC (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%.

–1994: not listed1994
0,7%1999
0,7%2004
0,3%2009
0,2%2014
0,2%2019
0,2%2024

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

1,3%2000
1,1%2006
0,4%2011
0,2%2016
0,3%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	39 508	0,2%	+0,1 ppsince 2019	9 of 9 provinces
2024 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Regional ballot	40 832	0,3%	–	9 of 9 regions
2024 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	National ballot	36 712	0,2%	0,0 ppsince 2019	national ballot
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	District council PR ballot	12 613	0,2%	–	8 of 44 districts
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Ward ballot	23 962	0,2%	0,0 ppsince 2016	1 067 of 4 468 wards
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Municipal PR ballot	32 262	0,3%	+0,1 ppsince 2016	50 of 213 municipalities
2019 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	31 950	0,2%	0,0 ppsince 2014	9 of 9 provinces
2019 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	National ballot	32 677	0,2%	0,0 ppsince 2014	national ballot
2016 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Ward ballot	28 175	0,2%	−0,3 ppsince 2011	1 334 of 4 392 wards
2016 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Municipal PR ballot	29 799	0,2%	−0,2 ppsince 2011	65 of 213 municipalities
2014 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	38 894	0,2%	−0,1 ppsince 2009	9 of 9 provinces
2014 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	National ballot	37 784	0,2%	−0,1 ppsince 2009	national ballot
2011 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Ward ballot	63 825	0,5%	−0,6 ppsince 2006	1 694 of 4 277 wards
2011 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Municipal PR ballot	54 846	0,4%	−0,7 ppsince 2006	78 of 234 municipalities
2009 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	51 226	0,3%	−0,4 ppsince 2004	9 of 9 provinces
2009 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	National ballot	48 530	0,3%	−0,5 ppsince 2004	national ballot
2006 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Ward ballot	108 741	1,1%	−0,1 ppsince 2000	1 884 of 3 895 wards
2006 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Municipal PR ballot	109 816	1,1%	−0,2 ppsince 2000	115 of 237 municipalities
2004 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	110 205	0,7%	0,0 ppsince 1999	9 of 9 provinces
2004 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	National ballot	113 512	0,7%	0,0 ppsince 1999	national ballot
2000 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Ward ballot	105 898	1,2%	–	1 040 of 3 754 wards
2000 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Municipal PR ballot	115 827	1,3%	–	67 of 237 municipalities
1999 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	121 920	0,8%	−0,6 ppsince 1994	9 of 9 provinces
1999 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	National ballot	113 125	0,7%	–	national ballot
1994 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	271 793	1,4%	–	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 – 3 February 2026 · IEC results

Wards contested: 82
Seats awarded: 0

Seats awarded, of wards contested0 of 82The 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 Assembly1 listed as a current member, as at 8 October 2026
Name	Party (as listed)	List
Mzwanele Nyhontso	PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIAListed as “PAC”	National

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
List	Candidates
National list	200
Regional list · Eastern Cape	25
Regional list · Free State	10
Regional list · Gauteng	46
Regional list · KwaZulu-Natal	41
Regional list · Limpopo	20
Regional list · Mpumalanga	15
Regional list · North West	13
Regional list · Northern Cape	5
Regional list · Western Cape	24
Provincial list · Eastern Cape	71
Provincial list · Free State	30
Provincial list · Gauteng	80
Provincial list · KwaZulu-Natal	80
Provincial list · Limpopo	64
Provincial list · Mpumalanga	51
Provincial list · North West	38
Provincial list · Northern Cape	30
Provincial list · Western Cape	41

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
Province	Votes	Share	Valid votes
Eastern Cape	8 918	0,5%	1 808 754
Free State	1 601	0,2%	831 445
Gauteng	11 579	0,3%	4 014 858
KwaZulu-Natal	3 336	0,1%	3 517 028
Limpopo	2 658	0,2%	1 430 184
Mpumalanga	1 326	0,1%	1 154 199
North West	1 192	0,1%	893 951
Northern Cape	533	0,1%	397 856
Western Cape	5 525	0,3%	1 990 734
Votes cast abroad (listed as "Out of Country")	44	0,1%	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
Name	As	Elections
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	Name on the results	1994
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA	Name on the results	1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024
PAC	Abbreviation in the results reports	1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024

Manifestos

The party's own election manifestos, searchable by page

Search this party’s policies

No manifesto of PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA 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: 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

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