Green Party of South Africa
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox political party The Green Party of South Africa (GPSA) was a small political party in the Western Cape province. It is a member of the Federation of Green Parties of Africa.Template:Citation needed
History of Green politics in South Africa
Template:Green politics sidebar The Ecology Party was established in November 1989, but disbanded after recruiting only 1 800 members.<ref name="kotze1994"> Template:Cite book</ref>
Ian Brownlie launched the Green Party (GRP) in July 1992, but it too disbanded after failing to win a seat in the Western Cape Provincial legislature during the 1994 Provincial and National general elections under the leadership of Nathan Grant.<ref name="kotze1994" />
Judy Sole founded the Government by the People Green Party (GPGP) in 1999, which she later renamed to The Green Party of South Africa. The party has contested elections as the Green Party of South Africa since the 2000 local elections. Due to the lack of funding the Green Party of South Africa only participated in the 2004 provincial elections but was reconstituted in early February 2019 to contest the provincial elections.
Election results
| Year | National | Western Cape provincial |
City of Cape Town | References | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | Proportional | ||||||||
| 1994 | 2 611 | 0.1% | <ref>Álvarez-Rivera, Manuel (2004-01-05) Republic of South Africa 1994 General Election. Election Resources on the Internet</ref> | ||||||
| 1999 | 9 193 | 0.06% | 2 453 | 0.15% | <ref>National and Provincial Elections Results, 1999. IEC</ref><ref>Western Cape Results. IEC</ref> | ||||
| 2000 | 477 | 0.07% | 1 973 | 0.28% | <ref>Party Support, Province: Western Cape, Ward: All Wards, Party: The Green Party of South Africa. IEC</ref> | ||||
| 2004 | 3 317 | 0.21% | <ref>2004 Provincial election, Western Cape. IEC</ref> | ||||||
Provincial elections
Template:Election table ! rowspan=2 | Election<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="dash">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> ! 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 ! % !! Seats ! % !! Seats ! % !! Seats ! % !! Seats ! % !! Seats ! % !! Seats ! % !! Seats ! % !! Seats |- ! 1994 | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | 0.1% || 0/42 |- ! 1999 | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | 0.15% || 0/42 |- ! 2004 | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | 0.21% || 0/42 |- ! 2019 | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | - || - | 0.13% || 0/42 |}
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