The African People's Convention (APC) is a South African political party formed by Themba Godi, former deputy leader of the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) via floor-crossing legislation, on 4 September 2007. Godi defected along with the PAC's only two provincial representatives,

Eastern Cape The Eastern Cape ( ; ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, and its largest city is Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth). Due to its climate and nineteenth-century towns, it is a common location for tourists. It is also kno ...

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Gauteng Gauteng ( , ; Sotho-Tswana languages, Sotho-Tswana for 'place of gold'; or ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts f ...

MPL Malesela Ledwaba. Godi is the current leader of the APC. The party retained its seat in the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...

in the 2009 elections, although it lost both of its representatives in the provincial legislatures of Gauteng and Eastern Cape. It retained its seat in the 2014 election, but lost it in the 2019 election. Like the PAC, the party's ideology officially appeals to "Africanists, Pan Africanists and socialists".

Election results

National Assembly elections

, - ! Election ! Party leader ! Total votes ! Share of vote ! Seats ! +/– ! Government , - ! '' 2007
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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

, 35,867 , 0.20% , , 1 , , - !

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

, 30,676 , 0.17% , , 0 , , - ! 2019 , 19,593 , 0.11% , , 1 , , - !

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

, 13,195 , 0.08% , , 0 ,

Provincial elections

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Kwazulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN) is a Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the government merged the Zulu people, Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu language, Zulu) and ...

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Limpopo Limpopo () is the northernmost Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders. The term Limpopo is derived from Rivombo (Livombo/Lebombo), a ...

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Mpumalanga Mpumalanga () is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Nguni languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It shares bor ...

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Northern Cape The Northern Cape ( ; ; ) is the largest and most sparsely populated Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley, South Africa, Kimberley. It includes ...

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Western Cape The Western Cape ( ; , ) is a provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the List of South African provinces by area, fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of , an ...

, - ! % !! Seats ! % !! Seats ! % !! Seats ! % !! Seats ! % !! Seats ! % !! Seats ! % !! Seats ! % !! Seats ! % !! Seats , - !

, 0.20 , , 0/63 , 0.31 , , 0/30 , 0.12 , , 0/73 , 0.15 , , 0/80 , 0.30 , , 0/49 , 0.37 , , 0/30 , 0.29 , , 0/33 , 0.34 , , 0/30 , 0.09 , , 0/42 , - !

, 0.23 , , 0/63 , 0.32 , , 0/30 , 0.16 , , 0/73 , 0.18 , , 0/80 , 0.35 , , 0/49 , 0.44 , , 0/30 , 0.40 , , 0/33 , 0.28 , , 0/30 , 0.06 , , 0/42 , - ! 2019 , 0.13 , , 0/63 , 0.15 , , 0/30 , 0.07 , , 0/73 , 0.10 , , 0/80 , 0.36 , , 0/49 , 0.34 , , 0/30 , 0.13 , , 0/33 , 0.15 , , 0/30 , 0.04 , , 0/42 , - !

, 0.10 , , 0/73 , 0.08 , , 0/30 , 0.06 , , 0/80 , , , , 0.19 , , 0/64 , 0.31 , , 0/51 , 0.08 , , 0/38 , , , , , ,

Municipal elections

, - ! Election ! Votes ! % , - ! 2016 , 84,579 , 0.22% , - ! 2021 , 58,358 , 0.19% , -

References

External links

African People's Convention
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