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United Congress (South Africa)

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United Congress
Secretary-General	Nolitha Zoki
Founder	Mluleki George
Founded	2013
Split from	Congress of the People
Ideology	Socialism
Political position	Left-wing
Colours	Emerald Green
National Assembly seats	0 / 400
Politics of South Africa Political parties Elections

The United Congress is a South African political party formed by Mluleki George in December 2013. George left the Congress of the People (COPE), accusing its leader Mosiuoa Lekota of ruling the party improperly.^[1]^[2]

The party formed 13 branches in Mbhashe, and registered to contest a number of by-elections in the area, held in January 2014.^[2]^[3] The party failed to win a seat, with a best of 6% in one ward, while in another ward the party failed to attract a single vote.^[4]

Election results[edit]

National elections[edit]

Election	Votes	%	Seats
2014^[5]	3,136	0.02%	0

Provincial elections[edit]


Election	Eastern Cape		Free State		Gauteng		Kwazulu-Natal		Limpopo		Mpumalanga		North-West		Northern Cape		Western Cape
Election	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats
2014^[5]	0.06%	0/63	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

References[edit]

^ "Newly launched party aims to do well in elections | SA Mzansi News". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.

^ ^a ^b "New party forms from COPE split | DispatchOnline". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.

^ "Electoral Commission : News Article". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

^ Paul Berkowitz (30 January 2014). "January by-elections: The DA's pain is the ANC's gain". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 8 February 2014.

^ ^a ^b "2014 National and Provincial Elections Results – 2014 National and Provincial Election Results". IEC. Retrieved 11 May 2014.

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