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A whopping 200 parties contesting
The IEC said this is a record amount of parties contesting in the elections. Take a look at some of them:
Did you know there are 200 different parties contesting in the 2016 municipal elections on 3 August? Yes, really!
The IEC said a record 200 parties and 61 014 candidates will contest the 2016 municipal elections on 3 August. This is about 65 percent more parties than in the 2011 elections.
A few of the 200 parties are:
- African Independent Congress
- African Christian Democratic Party
- Al Jama-ah
- Patriotic Alliance
- Congress of the People
- Prem People’s Agenda
- Truly Alliance
- Ubuntu Party
- Freedom Front Plus
- Bolsheviks Party of South Africa
- African People’s Socialist Party
- Azanian People’s Organisation
- Inkatha Freedom Party
- Pan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Patriotic Association of South Africa
- People’s Civic Organisation
- United Democratic Movement
- Agang South Africa
- African People’s Convention
If you would like a complete list of the parties, please visit the IEC’s website
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