African People's Convention

{{Infobox political party

| name = African People's Convention

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| abbreviation = APC

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| logo = African_Peoples_Convention_logo.svg

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| president = Themba Godi

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| founder = Themba Godi

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| slogan = The Alternative Voice

| founded = {{Start date|2007|09|05|df=y}}

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| split = Pan Africanist Congress of Azania

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| headquarters = 4th Floor, Dr. Neil Aggett House, 90 President Street, Johannesburg 2001

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| student_wing = APCYL

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| ideology = Socialism
Pan-Africanism
African nationalism

| position = Left-wing

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| seats1_title = National Assembly seats

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| website = {{URL|www.theapc.org.za}}

| country = South Africa

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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 MPL Zingisa Mkabile and Gauteng MPL Malesela Ledwaba.{{cite news|url=http://www.mg.co.za/article/2007-09-04-godi-leaves-pac-for-african-peoples-convention|title=Godi leaves PAC for African People's Convention|author=Jacques Keet|date=4 September 2007 |work=The M&G Online}} 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.

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
Floor-crossing

| rowspan=5 |Themba Godi

| —

| {{Composition bar|2|400|hex={{party color|African People's Convention}}}}

| New

| {{no2|Opposition}}

|-

! 2009

| 35,867

| 0.20%

| {{Composition bar|1|400|hex={{party color|African People's Convention}}}}

| {{decrease}} 1

| {{no2|Opposition}}

|-

! 2014

| 30,676

| 0.17%

| {{Composition bar|1|400|hex={{party color|African People's Convention}}}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{no2|Opposition}}

|-

! 2019

| 19,593

| 0.11%

| {{Composition bar|0|400}}

| {{decrease}} 1

| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}

|-

!2024

| 13,195

| 0.08%{{efn|From 2024, seats in the National Assembly are determined by a combination of the national ballot, and the nine regional ballots. Only the national ballot figures are shown here.}}

|{{Composition bar|0|400}}

|{{steady}} 0

|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}

|}

=Provincial elections=

! rowspan=2 | Election{{Cite web |url=https://www.elections.org.za/NPEDashboard/app/dashboard.html |title=Results Dashboard| website=www.elections.org.za |access-date=2019-05-11}}

! colspan=2 | Eastern Cape

! colspan=2 | Free State

! colspan=2 | Gauteng

! colspan=2 | Kwazulu-Natal

! colspan=2 | Limpopo

! colspan=2 | Mpumalanga

! colspan=2 | North-West

! colspan=2 | Northern Cape

! colspan=2 | Western Cape

|-

! % !! 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

|-

! 2024{{Cite web |title=NPE Results Dashboard 2024 |url=https://results.elections.org.za/dashboards/npe/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=results.elections.org.za}}

| 0.10 || 0/73

| 0.08 || 0/30

| 0.06 || 0/80

| ||

| 0.19 || 0/64

| 0.31 || 0/51

| 0.08 || 0/38

| ||

|}

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=Municipal elections=

|-

! Election

! Votes

! %

|-

! 2016{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Detailed%20Results/National.pdf | title=Results Summary - All Ballots | publisher=elections.org.za | access-date=11 August 2016}}

| 84,579

| 0.22%

|-

! 2021{{cite web | url=https://results.elections.org.za/home/LGEPublicReports/1091/Detailed%20Results/National.pdf | title=Local Government Elections 2021 Results Summary - All Ballots | publisher=elections.org.za | access-date=12 February 2022}}

| 58,358

| 0.19%

|-

|}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20180226113049/http://www.theapc.org.za/ African People's Convention]

Category:2007 establishments in South Africa

Category:African and Black nationalist parties in Africa

Category:African socialist political parties

Category:Nationalist parties in South Africa

Category:Political parties based in Johannesburg

Category:Pan-Africanism in South Africa

Category:Pan-Africanist political parties in Africa

Category:Political parties established in 2007

Category:Political parties in South Africa created by floor crossing

Category:Socialist parties in South Africa