Al Jama-ah
Al Jama-ah الجماعة | |
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Leader | Ganief Hendricks |
Founded | 23 April 2007 |
Headquarters | Howard Centre, Pinelands, Cape Town |
Ideology | Islamic democracy |
Colours | Green Black Red |
National Assembly seats | 1 / 400 |
National Council of Provinces | 0 / 90 |
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Al Jama-ah (Arabic: الجماعة, lit. 'the Congregation') is a South African political party. It was formed in 2007 by present leader Ganief Hendricks and contested the 2009, 2014 and 2019 national elections.[1]
The party aims to support Muslim interests and uphold Sharia law. The flag of Al Jama-ah depicts a white gimel, ج, (the first letter in its Arabic name,) upon a field consisting of the other pan-Arab colors.
History
Until 2019, the party had no elected representatives nationally or provincially although it came close in both the 2009 and 2014 elections, and won 9 seats at the local level in the 2016 municipal elections.
It made a breakthrough in 2019, winning its first national representative (becoming the first Islam-affiliated party to do so), as well as one seat in the Western Cape legislature.
Election results
National Assembly
Election | Total votes | Share of vote | Seats | +/– | Government |
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2009 | 25,947 | 0.15 | 0 / 400
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– | extraparliamentary |
2014 | 25,976 | 0.14 | 0 / 400
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– | extraparliamentary |
2019 | 31,468 | 0.18 | 1 / 400
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in opposition |
Provincial elections
Election[2][3] | Eastern Cape | Free State | Gauteng | Kwazulu-Natal | Limpopo | Mpumalanga | North-West | Northern Cape | Western Cape | |||||||||
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% | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | |
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2019 |
Municipal elections
In a by-election in November 2020, Al-Jama-ah won a ward in the City of Johannesburg from the Democratic Alliance.[4]
Election | Votes | % | +/– |
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2011[5] | 13,227 | 0.04% | |
2016[6] | 36,891 | 0.10% |
See also
References
- ^ "Final List of Parties to contest the 2009 Elections". Polity.org.za. 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ^ http://electionresources.org/za/provinces.php?election=1994&province=WC
- ^ "Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ^ Khumalo, Juniour. "The DA was the biggest loser in this week's by-elections". Citypress. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- ^ http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/197/Detailed%20Results/National.pdf
- ^ "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 August 2016.