#Imademymark: Record number of parties to contest 2019 elections
A record number of 48 political parties will be contesting this year's elections.
VOTERS will be faced with their biggest choice yet in a national election with a record number of 48 political parties contesting this year’s elections. This is 19 more parties than contested in the 2014 elections.
The parties which will contest the national elections (in alphabetical order) are:
African Christian Democratic Party, African Congress of Democrats, African Content Movement, African Covenant, African Democratic Change, African Independent Congress, African National Congress, African People’s Convention, African Renaissance Unity, African Security Congress, African Transformation Movement, Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats, Agang South Africa, Al Jama-Ah, Alliance for Transformation For All, Azanian People’s Organisation, Better Resident’s Association, Black First Land First, Capitalist Party of South Africa, Christian Political Movement, Compatriots of South Africa, Congress Of The People, Democratic Alliance, Democratic Liberal Congress, Economic Emancipation Forum, Economic Freedom Fighters, Forum 4 Service Delivery, Free Democrats, Front Nasionaal/Front National, Good, Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa, Inkatha Freedom Party, International Revelation Congress, Land Party, Minority Front, National Freedom Party, National People’s Ambassadors, National People’s Front, Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, Patriotic Alliance, People’s Revolutionary Movement, Power of Africans Unity, Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party, South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association, South African National Congress of Traditional Authorities, United Democratic Movement, Vryheidsfront Plus, Women Forward.
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A new record number of parties will contest all provincial elections.
The following parties will contest the KZN provincial elections:
African Christian Democratic Party, African Content Movement, African Covenant, African Independent Congress, African Mantungwa Community, African National Congress, African People’s Convention, African Renaissance Unity, African Transformation Movement, Al Jama-Ah, Alliance for Transformation for All, Azanian People’s Organisation, Black First Land First, Congress of the People, Democratic Alliance, Democratic Liberal Congress, Economic Freedom Fighters, Good, Inkatha Freedom Party, Justice and Employment Party, Minority Front, National Freedom Party, National People’s Ambassadors, National People’s Front, National Religious Freedom Party, Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, People’s Revolutionary Movement, Socialist Revolutionary Worker’s Party, United Democratic Movement, Vryheidsfront Plus, Women Forward.
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