Democratic Liberal Congress

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

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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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%