African People's Convention
Political party in 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.[1] 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.
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| Abbreviation | APC |
| President | Themba Godi |
| Founder | Themba Godi |
| Founded | 5 September 2007 |
| Split from | Pan Africanist Congress of Azania |
| Headquarters | 4th Floor, Dr. Neil Aggett House, 90 President Street, Johannesburg 2001 |
| Student wing | APCYL |
| Ideology | Socialism Pan-Africanism African nationalism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Slogan | The Alternative Voice |
| National Assembly seats | 0 / 400 |
| Website | |
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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 |
Themba Godi | — | — | 2 / 400 |
New | Opposition |
| 2009 | 35,867 | 0.20% | 1 / 400 |
 1 |
Opposition | |
| 2014 | 30,676 | 0.17% | 1 / 400 |
 0 |
Opposition | |
| 2019 | 19,593 | 0.11% | 0 / 400 |
1 |
Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2024 | 13,195 | 0.08%[a] | 0 / 400 |
0 |
Extra-parliamentary |
- 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.
Provincial elections
| Election[2] | Eastern Cape | Free State | Gauteng | Kwazulu-Natal | Limpopo | Mpumalanga | North-West | Northern Cape | Western Cape | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | 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[3] | 0.10 | 0/73 | 0.08 | 0/30 | 0.06 | 0/80 | 0.19 | 0/64 | 0.31 | 0/51 | 0.08 | 0/38 | ||||||
