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 the South African Indian community. Its voter base is in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. The eThekwini district is the cultural and demographic centre of South Africa's Indian community. The party was founded in 1993 and led by Amichand Rajbansi until his death in December 2011.

History

The Minority Front was formed as a successor to the National [People's Party (South Africa, 1981)|National People's Party (NPP)], which was an important party led by the late Mr. A. Rajbansi in the Indian-only South African [House of Delegates|House of Delegates] in the Tricameral Parliament.
Rajbansi's widow and colleague in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi, was voted in as leader in January 2012. 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 elected Roy Bhoola, who Thakur-Rajbansi had attempted to remove from public office. Thakur-Rajbansi was declared the undisputed leader in December 2013, after the parties settled their disputes in a confidential agreement.

Election results

The party contested each election from South African [general election, 1994|1994] until 2019, winning national representation in 1999, 2004 and 2009, and provincial representation in KwaZulu-Natal each time. It is not contesting in 2024.

National elections

! Election
! Total votes
! Share of vote
! Seats
! +/–
! Government
! 1994
! 1999
! 2004
! 2009
! 2014
! 2019
! 2024

Provincial elections

Municipal elections

! Election
! Votes
! %
! South African [municipal election, 1995–1996|1995–96]
! 2000
! 2006
! 2011
! 2016
! 2021 [South African municipal elections|2021]

Organisation and structure

Head office

The Minority Front's primary office is at 13175 Peak Street, Arena Park, Westcliff, Chatsworth, Durban.