Cape Muslim Congress
The Cape Muslim Congress is a South African Muslim political party active in Cape Town and led by founder Yagyah Adams. It won a single seat in the City of Cape Town in 2011, and again in 2016, taken up by Adams.
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| Leader | Yagyah Adams | 
| Founder | Yagyah Adams | 
| Founded | 2010 | 
| Ideology | Minority politics | 
| Slogan | Serving the communities of the Cape | 
| Cape Town City Council | 1 / 231  | 
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The party favours the reinstatement of the death penalty, and supports castration for violent offenders.[1]
Election results
    
    Municipal elections
    
| City of Cape Town local election, 18 May 2011[2][3] | ||||||||
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| Votes | Seats | |||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| 3,658 | 2,740 | 6,398 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| City of Cape Town local election, 3 August 2016[4][5] | |||||||||
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| Votes | Seats | ||||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | |||
| 3,073 | 3,386 | 6,459 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
References
    
- Prince, Natasha. "Cape Muslim Congress launches manifesto". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
 - "Results Summary – All Ballots: City of Cape Town" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
 - "Seat Calculation Detail: City of Cape Town" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
 - "Results Summary – All Ballots: City of Cape Town" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
 - "Seat Calculation Detail: City of Cape Town" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
 
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