Al Jama-ah

Al Jama-ah (Arabic: الجماعة‎, lit. 'the Congregation') is a South African political party. It was formed in 2007 by present leader Ganief Hendricks and contested the 2009, 2014 and 2019 national elections.[1]

Al Jama-ah

الجماعة
LeaderGanief Hendricks
Founded23 April 2007
HeadquartersHoward Centre,
Pinelands, Cape Town
IdeologyIslamic democracy
Colours     Green      Black      Red
National Assembly seats
1 / 400
National Council of Provinces
0 / 90
Party flag
Website
www.aljama.co.za

The party aims to support Muslim interests and uphold Sharia law. The flag of Al Jama-ah depicts a white gimel, ج, (the first letter in its Arabic name,) upon a field consisting of the other pan-Arab colors.

History

Until 2019, the party had no elected representatives nationally or provincially although it came close in both the 2009 and 2014 elections, and won 9 seats at the local level in the 2016 municipal elections.

It made a breakthrough in 2019, winning its first national representative (becoming the first Islam-affiliated party to do so), as well as one seat in the Western Cape legislature.

Election results

National Assembly
Election Total votes Share of vote Seats +/– Government
2009 25,947 0.15
0 / 400
 – extraparliamentary
2014 25,976 0.14
0 / 400
 ±0 extraparliamentary
2019 31,468 0.18
1 / 400
 1 in opposition

Provincial elections
Election[2][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
2014 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.62%0/42
2019 0.15%0/63 -- 0.18%0/73 0.28%0/80 -- -- -- -- 0.86%1/42

Municipal elections
Election Votes % +/–
2011[4] 13,227 0.04%
2016[5] 36,891 0.10%
gollark: "Waltz, bad nymph, for quick jigs vex." (28 letters) "Jived fox nymph grabs quick waltz." (28 letters) "Glib jocks quiz nymph to vex dwarf." (28 letters) "Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow." (29 letters) "How vexingly quick daft zebras jump!" (30 letters) "The five boxing wizards jump quickly." (31 letters) "Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz." (31 letters) "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs." (32 letters)These 8 are shorter and mostly better (stolen blatantly from Wikipedia).
gollark: The fox/dog one is among the *least* cool pangrams, honestly?
gollark: sphnix of black quartz, judge my vow > the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
gollark: Yes, also seriously whyyyy.
gollark: A degree in C++ seems weirdly specialized.

See also

References
  1. "Final List of Parties to contest the 2009 Elections". Polity.org.za. 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
  2. http://electionresources.org/za/provinces.php?election=1994&province=WC
  3. "Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  4. http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/197/Detailed%20Results/National.pdf
  5. "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
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