Minority Front

Minority Front
Minority Front
Leader
Founded	1 November 1993
Preceded by	National People's Party
Headquarters	13175 Peak Street, ; Arena Park, ; Westcliff, ; Chatsworth, ; Durban
Ideology	Indian minority ; Social democracy ; Women's empowerment
Slogan	Your Choice and Voice All the Way
National Assembly seats	0 / 400
KZN Legislature seats	1 / 80
Website
	www.minorityfront.org
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The Minority Front is a political party in South Africa. The party represents all minorities of South Africa, however, its support comes mainly from South Africa's Indian community. Its largest base of political strength is in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, especially the eThekwini district, with Durban being the cultural and demographic centre of South Africa's Indian community. The party was led by Hon. Amichand Rajbansi until his death in December 2011.

History[]

The Minority Front was formed as a successor to the National People's Party (NPP), which was an important party led by Rajbansi in the Indian-only House of Delegates in the Tricameral Parliament.^[2]

After his death, Rajbansi's widow and colleague in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi, was voted in as leader in January 2012.^[3] A leadership and family battle erupted when an attempt was made to replace Thakur-Rajbansi as leader, with Amichand Rajbansi's son, Vimal, and first wife, Asha Devi Rajbansi, asking her to step down, and a breakaway conference (not recognized by the IEC) elected Roy Bhoola, who Thakur-Rajbansi had attempted to remove from public office.^[4]^[5] Thakur-Rajbansi was declared the undisputed leader in December 2013 after the parties settled their disputes in a confidential agreement.^[1]

Election results[]

National elections[]


Election^[6]	Total votes	Share of vote	Seats	+/–	Government
1994	13,433	0.07%	0 / 400	–	extra-parliamentary
1999	48,277	0.30%	1 / 400	1	in opposition
2004	55,267	0.35%	2 / 400	1	in opposition
2009	43,474	0.25%	1 / 400	1	in opposition
2014	22,589	0.12%	0 / 400	1	extra-parliamentary
2019	11,961	0.07%	0 / 400	±0	extra-parliamentary

Provincial elections[]


Election^[6]	Eastern Cape		Free State		Gauteng		Kwazulu-Natal		Limpopo		Mpumalanga		North-West		Northern Cape		Western Cape
Election^[6]	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats
1994	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.34%	1/80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.93%	2/80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.61%	2/80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.05%	2/80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	-	-	-	-	0.07%	0/73	1.02%	1/80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.52%	1/80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Municipal elections[]


Election	Votes	%
1995-96
2000		0.3%
2006	84,785	0.3%
2011	113,195	0.4%
2016^[7]	13,407	0.03%

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Thakur Rajbansi declared MF leader - IOL News".
^ "Rajbansi: Bombastic, thick-skinned and controversial - IOL News".
^ "Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi appointed new MF leader". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
^ "Minority Front factions causes friction".
^ "Rajbansi is ousted as head of Minority Front - IOL News".
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
^ "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

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[iol.co.za-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Thakur Rajbansi declared MF leader - IOL News".

[2] "Rajbansi: Bombastic, thick-skinned and controversial - IOL News".

[3] "Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi appointed new MF leader". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-25.

[4] "Minority Front factions causes friction".

[5] "Rajbansi is ousted as head of Minority Front - IOL News".

[dash-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 2019-05-11.

[iec_summary-7] "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

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Minority Front

Leader	^[1]
Founded	1 November 1993 (1993-11-01)
Preceded by	National People's Party
Headquarters	13175 Peak Street, Arena Park, Westcliff, Chatsworth, Durban
Ideology	Indian minority Social democracy Women's empowerment
Slogan	Your Choice and Voice All the Way
National Assembly seats	0 / 400
KZN Legislature seats	1 / 80
Website
www.minorityfront.org
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