Democratic Liberal Congress

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| founder = Patrick Pillay

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The Democratic Liberal Congress (DLC) is a South African political party formed in 2016 by Patrick Pillay.

Pillay was a Minority Front councillor for fifteen years before infighting in that party after the death of longstanding leader Amichand Rajbansi led him to break away and form the DLC.{{Cite web |url=https://www.indianspice.co.za/2016/06/patrick-pillay-shuns-the-minority-front-launches-own-party/ |title=Patrick Pillay Shuns The Minority Front, Launches Own Party |date=2016-06-03 |website=IndianSpice |language=en-US |access-date=2019-04-17 |archive-date=20 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620055244/http://www.indianspice.co.za/2016/06/patrick-pillay-shuns-the-minority-front-launches-own-party/ |url-status=dead }}

The party opposes affirmative action and land expropriation without compensation, and is in favour of austerity measures for government and simplifying business.{{Cite web |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-03-26-crib-sheet-for-the-political-parties-contesting-the-2019-polls-part-two/ |title=2019 Elections: Crib-sheet for the political parties contesting the 2019 polls, Part Two |last=Davis |first=Rebecca |website=Daily Maverick |date=25 March 2019 |language=en |access-date=2019-04-17}}

Election results

=National Assembly elections=

! Election

! Party leader

! Total votes

! Share of vote

! Seats

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! Government

! 2019

| rowspan=2 |Patrick Pillay

| 10,767

| 0.06%

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| New

| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}

!2024

| 10,904

| 0.07%{{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|hex={{party color|Democratic Liberal Congress}}}}

|{{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

! 2019

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| 0.38 || 0/80

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! 2024

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| 0.17 || 0/80

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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}}

| 11,895

| 0.03%

! 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=3 March 2022}}

| 8,178

| 0.03%

References

Category:2016 establishments in South Africa

Category:Liberal parties in South Africa

Category:Political parties established in 2016

Category:Political parties in South Africa