United Christian Democratic Party

United Christian Democratic Party
United Christian Democratic Party
Leader	Modiri Desmond Sehume
President	Modiri Desmond Sehume
Chairperson	Badirang Solomon Matebane
Secretary-General	Peloeng Pauline Mediro
Deputy President	Boitshwarelo Esther Marabutse
Founder	Lucas Mangope
Founded	1997
Headquarters	Mafikeng, North West Province
Youth wing	UCDP Youth League
Ideology	Christian democracy Federalism
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
Colours	orange, brown and green
Slogan	'Stand up and Speak out'
National Assembly seats	0 / 400
NCOP seats	0 / 90
Website
	www.ucdp.org.za
	Politics of South Africa; Political parties; Elections;

The United Christian Democratic Party is a minor political party in South Africa. It was founded by Lucas Mangope, leader of the Bophuthatswana bantustan in 1997, as a successor to the Tswana National Party,^[1] and led by him for the first fifteen years of its existence. Mavis Matladi was elected as its leader on 29 January 2011^[2] after the expulsion of Mangope.^[3] Matladi died in December 2011.^[4] Isaac Sipho Mfundisi was elected president on Saturday, 7 January 2012.

Mfundisi was succeeded by the current President Modiri Desmond Sehume^[5] who was elected in the Federal Congress in 2019.^{[citation needed]}

Most of the party's support comes from the North West province (where the old Bophuthatswana was located), and it has very little presence elsewhere in the country. The UCDP was the official opposition to the African National Congress in the North West province in 1999 and 2004, but slipped to 4th in the provincial legislature in 2009, and lost all of its seats in the provincial legislature in 2014.

In the 2009 elections, the party won 66,086 votes (0.37% of the national total), and 2 seats in Parliament, representing a loss of approximately 50% of its support, and 1 seat, from the preceding elections.

In the provincial elections, their support dropped from 8.49% and 3 seats in the 2004 North West provincial election,^[6] to 5,27% and 2 seats in 2009. In 2009, in six of the other provinces, they gained less than 0.1% support.

In the 2014 elections, the party slumped further, losing all of its provincial and national seats.

The party's mission statement stresses the need for Christian values, non-racial democracy, and government inducements for personal self-reliance, while the 2004 manifesto attacked the ANC for, among other things, its alleged softness on crime, nepotism, and neglect of South African infrastructure.^[7]

A 2003 survey conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council found that 85% of UCDP voters were female.^[8]

Election results[]

National elections[]


Election	Total votes	Share of vote	Seats	+/–	Government
1999	125,280	0.80	3 / 400	–	in opposition
2004	117,792	0.75	3 / 400	±0	in opposition
2009	66,086	0.37	2 / 400	1	in opposition
2014	21,744	0.12	0 / 400	2	extraparliamentary

Provincial elections[]


Election^[9]	Eastern Cape		Free State		Gauteng		Kwazulu-Natal		Limpopo		Mpumalanga		North-West		Northern Cape		Western Cape
Election^[9]	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats
1999	-	-	0.78%	0/30	0.24%	0/73	-	-	0.23%	0/49	-	-	9.57%	3/33	-	-	-	-
2004	0.12%	0/63	0.77%	0/30	0.26%	0/73	0.14%	0/80	0.22%	0/49	0.17%	0/30	8.49%	3/33	0.33%	0/30	0.23%	0/42
2009	0.08%	0/63	0.33%	0/30	0.24%	0/73	0.05%	0/80	0.09%	0/49	0.07%	0/30	5.27%	2/33	1.21%	0/30	0.08%	0/42
2014	0.05%	0/63	0.11%	0/30	0.08%	0/73	0.06%	0/80	0.06%	0/49	0.06%	0/30	1.18%	0/33	0.37%	0/30	0.05%	0/42
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.48%	0/33	-	-	-	-

Municipal elections[]


Election	Votes	%
2000		1.0%
2006	334,504	1.3%
2011	168,351	0.6%
2016^[10]	28,241	0.07%

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2011-12-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2013-12-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2011-12-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "UCDP president dies - IOL News".
^ "Our Members – UCDP". Retrieved 2021-06-08.
^ "Election Results North West". Archived from the original on 2007-03-19. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
^ "United Christian Democratic Party" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
^ "DIRECTORIES Media". Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
^ "Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
^ "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

External links[]

United Christian Democratic Party official site

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2011-12-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2013-12-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2011-12-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "UCDP president dies - IOL News".

[5] "Our Members – UCDP". Retrieved 2021-06-08.

[6] "Election Results North West". Archived from the original on 2007-03-19. Retrieved 2008-12-16.

[7] "United Christian Democratic Party" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-16.

[8] "DIRECTORIES Media". Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2008-12-16.

[dash-9] "Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 2019-05-11.

[iec_summary-10] "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

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