Pro-death Penalty Party (South Africa)

Pro-Death Penalty Party
Founded 2004

The Pro-Death Penalty Party was a minor South African political party formed around the single issue[1] of restoring the death penalty, abolished in South Africa in 1995.[2][3]

The party contested for the Gauteng legislature in the 2004 elections, earning 0.05% of the vote and failing to win a seat.

The party did not contest any further elections.

Provincial elections

Election Votes % Seats
2004[4] 1,825 0.05% 0

References

  1. "'It's now time for the people to speak'". Mail and Guardian. 14 April 2004. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. French, Howard (7 June 1995). "South Africa's Supreme Court Abolishes Death Penalty". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  3. South Africa: Constitutional Court (6 June 1995). "S v Makwanyane and Another (CCT3/94) (1995) ZACC 3; 1995 (6) BCLR 665; 1995 (3) SA 391; (1996) 2 CHRLD 164; 1995 (2) SACR 1". Southern African Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  4. "14 APR 2004 PROVINCIAL ELECTION: GAUTENG" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 20 April 2016.


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