The Democratic Progressive Party was a
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
in the
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
n
bantustan
A Bantustan (also known as Bantu homeland, black homeland, black state or simply homeland; ) was a territory that the National Party administration of South Africa set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now N ...
of
Transkei
Transkei (, meaning ''the area beyond he riverKei''), officially the Republic of Transkei ( xh, iRiphabliki yeTranskei), was an unrecognised state in the southeastern region of South Africa from 1976 to 1994. It was, along with Ciskei, a Ban ...
. The party condemned
apartheid
Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...
rule. In the
1981 elections, the party won one out of 75 seats. In the
1986 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1986.
Africa
* 1986 Angolan legislative election
* 1986 Gabonese presidential election
* 1986 Mozambican general election
* 1986 Sierra Leonean parliamentary election
* 1986 Somali presidential elec ...
it won two seats.
Elections in South Africa's Apartheid-Era Homelands "Bantustans"
African Elections Database
References
Anti-Apartheid organisations
Defunct political parties in South Africa
Political parties with year of disestablishment missing
Political parties with year of establishment missing
Politics of Transkei
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