Spectrum National Party | |
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Abbreviation | SNP |
President | Christopher Claasen |
Founder | Christopher Claasen |
Founded | 2019 |
National affiliation | Multi-Party Charter |
National Assembly | 0 / 400 |
NCOP | 0 / 90 |
Provincial Legislatures | 0 / 430 |
Website | |
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The Spectrum National Party (SNP) is a South African political party founded in 2019 by Christopher Claasen, a businessman and pastor.[1][2]
The party failed to garner the minimum number of signatures required by the Independent Electoral Commission and will not be contesting the 2024 South African general election.[3]
The party contested the 2021 South African municipal elections, failing to win any council seats.
Election | Votes | % |
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2021[4] | 5,541 | 0.02% |
The party supports what it calls an "Equal Race Governance Policy", which allocates 25% representation to each of the four apartheid groupings (Blacks, Whites, Indians and Coloureds).[2][5]
In August 2023, the party was one of the seven founding members of the Multi-Party Charter.[6]