Africa Muslim Party
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Africa Muslim Party | |
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Minority politics | |
Slogan | Serving the people |
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Controversy
The AMP attracted notable controversy, peaking in the 2006 elections, in which a pamphlet which derided the Democratic Alliance's national leader Tony Leon and his wife Michal as "supporters of the racist and murderous Israeli government" was being circulated through Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain. The pamphlet was reproduced on AMP's official stationery, but Wasfie Hassiem, the then national leader, flatly denied any ties between the AMP and the pamphlet, alleging that the AMP was being defrauded.[1] The matter has been referred to the Independent Electoral Commission and Cape Town police. After Badih Chaaban was named AMP city councillor in August 2006, the party came into disrepute over Chaaban's corrupt past business dealings and his failed plot to topple Cape Town mayor Helen Zille.
Election results
National elections
Election | Total votes | Share of vote | Seats | +/– | Government |
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1994
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34,466 | 0.18% | 0 / 400
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– | extraparliamentary |
Provincial elections
Election | Eastern Cape | Free State
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Gauteng | Kwazulu-Natal | Limpopo | Mpumalanga | North-West | Northern Cape | Western Cape | |||||||||
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% | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | |
1994
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- | 0/56 | - | 0/30 | 0.31% | 0/86 | 0.49% | 0/81 | - | 0/40 | - | 0/30 | - | 0/30 | - | 0/30 | 0.98% | 0/42 |
1999
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- | 0/63 | - | 0/30 | - | 0/73 | - | 0/80 | - | 0/49 | - | 0/30 | - | 0/33 | - | 0/30 | 0.60% | 0/42 |
2004
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- | 0/63 | - | 0/30 | - | 0/73 | - | 0/80 | - | 0/49 | - | 0/30 | - | 0/33 | - | 0/30 | 0.70% | 0/42 |
2009
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- | 0/63 | - | 0/30 | - | 0/73 | - | 0/80 | - | 0/49 | - | 0/30 | - | 0/33 | - | 0/30 | 0.22% | 0/42 |
See also
References
- ^ Anel Powell, "Muslim party slams 'racist' pamphlet", June 5 2006