Green Party of South Africa | |
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Founded | 1999 |
Headquarters | Noordhoek, Cape Town,South Africa |
Ideology | Environmentalism |
Political position | Centre |
International affiliation | Federation of Green Parties of Africa |
Website | |
greenpartyofsouthafrica | |
TheGreen Party of South Africa (GPSA) is a smallpolitical party in theWestern Cape province. It is a member of theFederation of Green Parties of Africa.[citation needed]
The Ecology Party was established in November 1989, but disbanded after recruiting only 1 800 members.[1]
Ian Brownlie launched theGreen 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 generalelections under the leadership ofNathan Grant.[1]
Judy Sole founded theGovernment 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.
Year | National | Western Cape provincial | City of Cape Town | References | |||||
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Ward | Proportional | ||||||||
1994 | 2 611 | 0.1% | [2] | ||||||
1999 | 9 193 | 0.06% | 2 453 | 0.15% | [3][4] | ||||
2000 | 477 | 0.07% | 1 973 | 0.28% | [5] | ||||
2004 | 3 317 | 0.21% | [6] |
Election[7][8] | 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 | |
1994 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.1% | 0/42 |
1999 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.15% | 0/42 |
2004 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.21% | 0/42 |
2019 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.13% | 0/42 |