Democratic Liberal Congress

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

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

National Assembly elections

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

1. 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

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

Municipal elections

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

References

1. "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.
2. 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.
3. "Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
4. "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
5. "Local Government Elections 2021 Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 3 March 2022.