African People's Convention

The African People's Convention 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 MPL Zingisa Mkabile and Gauteng MPL Malesela Ledwaba.[1] Godi is the current leader of the APC. The party retained its seat in the National Assembly in the 2009 elections, although it lost both of its representatives in the provincial legislatures of Gauteng and Eastern Cape.

African People's Convention
AbbreviationAPC
PresidentThemba Godi
FounderThemba Godi
Founded5 September 2007 (2007-09-05)
Split fromPan Africanist Congress of Azania
Headquarters4th Floor, Dr. Neil Aggett House, 90 President Street, Johannesburg 2001
Student wingAPCYL
IdeologySocialism
Pan-Africanism
African nationalism
Political positionLeft-wing
SloganThe Alternative Voice
National Assembly seats
0 / 400
Website
www.theapc.org.za

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 elections
Election Total votes Share of vote Seats +/– Government
2007
Floor-crossing		 — —
2 / 400
 Increase 2 in opposition
2009 35,867 0.20%
1 / 400
 Decrease 1 in opposition
2014 30,676 0.17%
1 / 400
 Steady 0 in opposition
2019 19,593 0.11%
0 / 400
 Decrease 1 extraparliamentary

Provincial elections
Election[2] Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng Kwazulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North-West Northern Cape Western Cape
 %Seats  %Seats  %Seats  %Seats  %Seats  %Seats  %Seats  %Seats  %Seats
2009 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
2014 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
Slogan for APC in Pretoria

Municipal elections
Election Votes  %
2016[3] 84,579 0.22%
2021[4] 58,358 0.19%

References
  1. Jacques Keet (4 September 2007). "Godi leaves PAC for African People's Convention". The M&G Online.
  2. "Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  4. "Local Government Elections 2021 Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
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