| Democratic Liberal Congress | |
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| Founder: | Patrick Pillay |
| Leader1 Title: | Patrick Pillay |
| Founded: | June 2016 |
| Split: | Minority Front |
| Ideology: | Liberalism |
| Position: | Centre |
| Seats1 Title: | National Assembly seats |
| Seats2 Title: | Provincial Legislatures |
| Country: | South Africa |
The Democratic Liberal Congress (DLC) is a South African political party formed in 2016 by Patrick Pillay.
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! Party leader! Total votes! Share of vote! Seats ! +/–! Government|-! 2019| rowspan=2 |Patrick Pillay| 10,767| 0.06%| | New| |-!2024| 10,904| 0.07%|| 0||}
! rowspan=2 | Election[3] ! colspan=2 | Eastern Cape! colspan=2 | Free State! colspan=2 | Gauteng! colspan=2 | Kwazulu-Natal! colspan=2 | Limpopo! colspan=2 | Mpumalanga! colspan=2 | North-West! colspan=2 | Northern Cape! colspan=2 | Western Cape|-! % !! Seats! % !! Seats! % !! Seats! % !! Seats! % !! Seats! % !! Seats! % !! Seats! % !! Seats! % !! Seats|-! 2019| || | || | || | 0.38 || 0/80| || | || | || | || | || |-! 2024| || | || | || | 0.17 || 0/80| || | || | || | || | || |}
|-! Election! Votes! %|-! 2016[4] | 11,895| 0.03%|-! 2021[5] | 8,178| 0.03%|-|}