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UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT

A party as the official results list it (UDM). Listed in 11 general elections, from 1999 to 2024.

General elections
11
First listed
1999
Latest
2024
Abbreviation
UDM

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. 3,4%1999
  3. 2,3%2004
  4. 0,8%2009
  5. 1,0%2014
  6. 0,4%2019
  7. 0,5%2024
Local Government elections · municipal PR ballotShare of all valid PR votes nationally, including municipalities where it was not listed. Scale 0–10%.
  1. 2,7%2000
  2. 1,3%2006
  3. 0,6%2011
  4. 0,6%2016
  5. 0,5%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 ballot87 5740,6%+0,1 ppsince 20198 of 9 provinces
2024 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialRegional ballot85 7640,5%–9 of 9 regions
2024 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialNational ballot78 4460,5%0,0 ppsince 2019national ballot
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentDistrict council PR ballot46 5080,7%–16 of 44 districts
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentWard ballot50 9070,4%−0,1 ppsince 20161 769 of 4 468 wards
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentMunicipal PR ballot60 3010,5%−0,1 ppsince 201662 of 213 municipalities
2019 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialProvincial ballot75 9400,5%−0,6 ppsince 20149 of 9 provinces
2019 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialNational ballot78 0300,4%−0,6 ppsince 2014national ballot
2016 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentWard ballot76 3360,5%−0,1 ppsince 20111 079 of 4 392 wards
2016 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentMunicipal PR ballot91 2750,6%0,0 ppsince 201157 of 213 municipalities
2014 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialProvincial ballot188 3261,1%+0,2 ppsince 20099 of 9 provinces
2014 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialNational ballot184 6361,0%+0,2 ppsince 2009national ballot
2011 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentWard ballot83 7280,6%−0,4 ppsince 20061 461 of 4 277 wards
2011 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentMunicipal PR ballot84 6230,6%−0,7 ppsince 200669 of 234 municipalities
2009 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialProvincial ballot149 9940,9%−1,4 ppsince 20049 of 9 provinces
2009 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialNational ballot149 6800,8%−1,4 ppsince 2004national ballot
2006 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentWard ballot100 3521,0%−1,4 ppsince 20001 089 of 3 895 wards
2006 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentMunicipal PR ballot129 0471,3%−1,4 ppsince 200080 of 237 municipalities
2004 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialProvincial ballot349 5042,3%−1,1 ppsince 19999 of 9 provinces
2004 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialNational ballot355 7172,3%−1,1 ppsince 1999national ballot
2000 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentWard ballot205 2512,4%–1 067 of 3 754 wards
2000 Local Government ElectionsLocal GovernmentMunicipal PR ballot234 1982,7%–96 of 237 municipalities
1999 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialProvincial ballot535 9303,4%–9 of 9 provinces
1999 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & ProvincialNational ballot546 7903,4%–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 – 17 June 2026 · IEC results

Wards contested
68
Seats awarded
0
Seats awarded, of wards contested0 of 68The 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 Assembly3 listed as current members, as at 8 October 2026
NameParty (as listed)List
Bantubonke Harrington HolomisaUNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTListed as “UDM”National
Nqabayomzi Lawrence Saziso KwankwaUNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTListed as “UDM”National
Christobel Thandiwe NontenjaUNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTListed as “UDM”Regional · Eastern Cape
Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces — Eastern Cape1 listed as a current member, as at 8 October 2026
NameParty (as listed)List
Mandla Matthewis PeterUNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTListed as “UDM”–
Member of the Provincial Legislature — Eastern Cape3 listed as current members, as at 8 October 2026
NameParty (as listed)Role (as listed)
Lennox Bogen GaehlerUNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTLeader of the UDM
Mkululi McotshoUNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT–
Noncedo ZintiUNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT–

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

Ward councillors

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

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 list199
Regional list · Eastern Cape13
Regional list · Free State5
Regional list · Gauteng9
Regional list · KwaZulu-Natal5
Regional list · Limpopo8
Regional list · Mpumalanga3
Regional list · North West5
Regional list · Northern Cape3
Regional list · Western Cape5
Provincial list · Eastern Cape54
Provincial list · Free State29
Provincial list · Gauteng38
Provincial list · KwaZulu-Natal19
Provincial list · Limpopo31
Provincial list · Mpumalanga33
Provincial list · North West31
Provincial list · Western Cape31

By province, 2016

Areas as that election's official results list them — never mapped onto today's boundaries

2016 Local Government Elections · selected election

By province — 2016, municipal PR ballotVotes and share of valid votes per province, as named on polling day
ProvinceVotesShareValid votes
Eastern Cape72 3203,9%1 832 048
Free StateNot listed806 281
Gauteng7 9100,2%3 547 218
KwaZulu-Natal2 0750,1%3 233 572
Limpopo2 0250,2%1 261 306
Mpumalanga2150,0%1 055 331
North West1 6350,2%886 997
Northern CapeNot listed371 905
Western Cape5 0950,3%1 911 930

All parties in the 2016 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
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTName on the results1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024
UDMAbbreviation in the results reports1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024

Manifestos

The party's own election manifestos, searchable by page

Search this party’s policies
No manifesto of UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT 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

All declarations

UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT declared R 2 250 000 in 4 donations over 2023/24–2023/24. Donors declared 1 of these from their side; those are shown but not added.

Donations declared by UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTLatest first; rands as published
PeriodDonor, as publishedReceivedAmountType
2023/24 · Q4EXXARORESO12 September 2023R 500 000Monetary
2023/24 · Q4MARY SLACK2 November 2023R 1 000 000Monetary
2023/24 · Q4THE DOUW STEYN FAMILY TRUST22 March 2024R 250 000Monetary
2023/24 · Q4WE ARE THE PEOPLE27 March 2024R 500 000Monetary

Donors other parties also declared

By the same published name, a name match rather than proof of one person or company. Each opens the donor’s declarations to every party.

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: 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

About this party

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