United Christian Democratic Party
The United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) is a South African party.
history
The roots of the party go back to 1974, when the Bophuthatswana National Party was founded, which under Lucas Mangope ruled the Homeland Bophuthatswana until its dissolution in 1994. During this time the party changed its name first to Bophuthatswana Democratic Party, then to Christian Democratic Party.
After the end of apartheid , Mangope revived his party under its new name. In the 1999 national elections she was able to enter the South African parliament and achieved almost the same result in the subsequent 2004 elections.
Political positions
According to its name, the UCDP is a Christian Democratic party. Moderate in her positions, especially in comparison to the African Christian Democratic Party , in her party program she today reveals her reign in Bophuthatswana as a shining example from her point of view. The first pillar of the UCDP is the North West province , in which large parts of the former homeland of Bophuthatswana have been lost. There it was at times the largest opposition party. In other provinces the UCDP is rather insignificant.
Similar to other opposition parties, the UCDP criticizes the ruling ANC for failing in terms of crime rate, health system, unemployment and infrastructure and for having increased nepotism and corruption. According to a study by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), in 2003 85% of the party's electorate was female.
Results in national elections
| Choice of ... | percent | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.78% | 3 |
| 2004 | 0.75% | 3 |
| 2009 | 0.37% | 2 |
| 2014 | 0.12% | 0 |
| 2019 | not started | - |
Individual evidence
- ↑ hsrc.ac.za: "ANC to get 86.7% of votes in North West province" ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
