Minority Front

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.

Minority Front
LeaderShameen Thakur-Rajbansi[1]
Founded1 November 1993 (1993-11-01)
Preceded byNational People's Party
Headquarters13175 Peak Street,
Arena Park,
Westcliff,
Chatsworth,
Durban
IdeologyIndian minority
Social democracy
Women's empowerment
SloganYour Choice and Voice All the Way
National Assembly seats
0 / 400
KZN Legislature seats
1 / 80
Website
www.minorityfront.org

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
 %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%
2021[8] 8,304 0.03%

References
  1. "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".
  6. "Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  7. "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  8. "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
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