United Christian Democratic Party
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United Christian Democratic Party | ||
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National Assembly seats 0 / 400 | ||
NCOP seats | 0 / 90 | |
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The United Christian Democratic Party is a minor
Mfundisi was succeeded by the current President Modiri Desmond Sehume[5] who was elected in the Federal Congress in 2019.[citation needed]
Most of the party's support comes from the North West province (where the old Bophuthatswana was located), and it has very little presence elsewhere in the country. The UCDP was the official opposition to the African National Congress in the North West province in 1999 and 2004, but slipped to fourth in the provincial legislature in 2009, and lost all of its seats in the provincial legislature in 2014.
In the
In the provincial elections, their support dropped from 8.49% and three seats in the
In the
After the 2021 municipal elections, the UCDP retains a small presence at local level with elected representatives in five municipalities, all in the North West.
The party's mission statement stresses the need for Christian values, non-racial democracy, and government inducements for personal self-reliance, while the 2004 manifesto attacked the
A 2003 survey conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council found that 85% of UCDP voters were female.[8]
Election results
National elections
Election | Total votes | Share of vote | Seats | +/– | Government |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999
|
125,280 | 0.80 | 3 / 400
|
– | in opposition |
2004
|
117,792 | 0.75 | 3 / 400
|
±0 | in opposition |
2009
|
66,086 | 0.37 | 2 / 400
|
1 | in opposition |
2014
|
21,744 | 0.12 | 0 / 400
|
2 | extraparliamentary |
Provincial elections
Election[9] | Eastern Cape | Free State
|
Gauteng | Kwazulu-Natal | Limpopo | Mpumalanga | North-West | Northern Cape | Western Cape | |||||||||
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% | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | |
1999
|
- | - | 0.78% | 0/30 | 0.24% | 0/73 | - | - | 0.23% | 0/49 | - | - | 9.57% | 3/33 | - | - | - | - |
2004
|
0.12% | 0/63 | 0.77% | 0/30 | 0.26% | 0/73 | 0.14% | 0/80 | 0.22% | 0/49 | 0.17% | 0/30 | 8.49% | 3/33 | 0.33% | 0/30 | 0.23% | 0/42 |
2009
|
0.08% | 0/63 | 0.33% | 0/30 | 0.24% | 0/73 | 0.05% | 0/80 | 0.09% | 0/49 | 0.07% | 0/30 | 5.27% | 2/33 | 1.21% | 0/30 | 0.08% | 0/42 |
2014
|
0.05% | 0/63 | 0.11% | 0/30 | 0.08% | 0/73 | 0.06% | 0/80 | 0.06% | 0/49 | 0.06% | 0/30 | 1.18% | 0/33 | 0.37% | 0/30 | 0.05% | 0/42 |
2019
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.48% | 0/33 | - | - | - | - |
Municipal elections
Election | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
2000
|
1.0% | |
2006
|
334,504 | 1.3% |
2011
|
168,351 | 0.6% |
2016[10] | 28,241 | 0.07% |
2021[11] | 26,331 | 0.09% |
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "SABCNews - UCDP elects former secretary-general as leader". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "Mangope's bid to stop UCDP Federal Congress fails". Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ "UCDP president dies - IOL News".
- ^ "Our Members – UCDP". Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Election Results North West". Archived from the original on 19 March 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ "United Christian Democratic Party" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ "DIRECTORIES Media". Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ "Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
External links
- United Christian Democratic Party official site