Cape Muslim Congress
{{short description|Political party in South Africa}}
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| leader = Yagyah Adams
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| founder = Yagyah Adams
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| slogan = Serving the communities of the Cape
| founded = {{Start date|2010}}
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| ideology = Minority politics
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| seats1_title = Cape Town City Council
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| website = {{URL|http://www.capemuslimcongress.co.za/}}
| country = South Africa
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{{Politics of South Africa}}
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.
The party favours the reinstatement of the death penalty, and supports castration for violent offenders.{{Cite news |title=Cape Muslim Congress launches manifesto |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/cape-muslim-congress-launches-manifesto-1655249 |access-date=2021-09-29 |website=www.iol.co.za |language=en|last1=Prince |first1=Natasha }}
Election results
=Municipal elections=
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!colspan="9" align="center"| City of Cape Town local election, 18 May 2011{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/197/Detailed%20Results/WP/CPT.pdf |title=Results Summary – All Ballots: City of Cape Town |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |access-date=17 April 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/197/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/WP/CPT.pdf |title=Seat Calculation Detail: City of Cape Town |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |access-date=17 April 2017}} | ||||||
| colspan="4"| Votes | colspan="3" align="center"| Seats | |||||
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| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total |
| 3,658 | 2,740 | 6,398 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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!colspan="9" align="center"| City of Cape Town local election, 3 August 2016{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/197/Detailed%20Results/WP/CPT.pdf |title=Results Summary – All Ballots: City of Cape Town |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |access-date=17 April 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/197/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/WP/CPT.pdf |title=Seat Calculation Detail: City of Cape Town |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |access-date=17 April 2017}} | ||||||
| colspan="4" align="center"| Votes | colspan="6" align="center"| Seats | |||||
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| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total |
| 3,073 | 3,386 | 6,459 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
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{{South African political parties}}
Category:1994 establishments in South Africa
Category:Islamic political parties in South Africa