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

Democratic Liberal Congress

Founder	Patrick Pillay
Founded	June 2016
Split from	Minority Front
Ideology	Liberalism
Political position	Centre
National Assembly seats	0 / 400
Provincial Legislatures	0 / 430
Website
dlc.org.za
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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.^[1]

The party opposes affirmative action and land expropriation without compensation, and is in favour of austerity measures for government and simplifying business.^[2]

Election results

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National Assembly elections

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Election	Party leader	Total votes	Share of vote	Seats	+/–	Government
2019	Patrick Pillay	10,767	0.06%	0 / 400	New	Extra-parliamentary
2024	Patrick Pillay	10,904	0.07%^[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

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Election^[3]	Eastern Cape		Free State		Gauteng		Kwazulu-Natal		Limpopo		Mpumalanga		North-West		Northern Cape		Western Cape
Election^[3]	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats
2019							0.38	0/80
2024							0.17	0/80

Municipal elections

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Election	Votes	%
2016^[4]	11,895	0.03%
2021^[5]	8,178	0.03%

References

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^ "Patrick Pillay Shuns The Minority Front, Launches Own Party". IndianSpice. 3 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

^ Davis, Rebecca (25 March 2019). "2019 Elections: Crib-sheet for the political parties contesting the 2019 polls, Part Two". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

^ "Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

^ "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

^ "Local Government Elections 2021 Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

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