African National Congress

The African National Congress (ANC) is the Republic of South Africa's governing social democratic political party. It has been the ruling party of post-apartheid South Africa on the national level since 1994, including the election of Nelson Mandela as president from 1994-1999. In the 2004 general election the ANC won 69.7% of the votes, in the 2009 general election it won 65.9% of the votes, and in 2014 it won 62.15% of the votes.

The ANC defines itself as a "disciplined force of the left", and it has been supported by the Tripartite Alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP), since the establishment of a non-racial democracy in April 1994.

Members founded the organisation as the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) on 8 January 1912 at the Waaihoek Wesleyan Church in Bloemfontein to work for the rights of the black South African population. John Dube, its first president, and poet and author Sol Plaatje were among its founding members. The organisation became the ANC in 1923 and formed a military wing, the Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation) in 1961.

African National Congress (Trinidad and Tobago)

The African National Congress was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. The party first contested national elections in 1961, when it received just 0.5% of the vote and failed to win a seat. They did not put forward any candidates for the 1966 elections, but returned for the 1971 elections, in which they received 2.4% of the vote, but again failed to win a seat as the People's National Movement won all 36. The party did not contest any further elections.

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Zambian African National Congress

The Zambian African National Congress was a political party in Zambia.

History

The party was formed in 1948, as the Northern Rhodesia Congress (NRC), and Godwin Lewanika, a Barotseland native from an aristocratic background, became the first president. It was the first African political party in the country. NRC had its roots in the Federation of Welfare Societies, active between 1942 and 1946. In 1951 the party adopted the name Northern Rhodesian African National Congress under the presidency of Harry Nkumbula, and was linked to the African National Congress in South Africa. In 1953 Kenneth Kaunda became the general secretary of the organization.

In 1958 the party was divided on whether to participate in general elections in which only a minority of the black population was allowed to vote. The more radical Kaunda broke away, and formed the Zambian African National Congress, which was banned in 1959. The NRANC won a single seat in the elections. In the 1962 general elections the party won seven seats, becoming the third-largest faction in the Legislative Assembly and held the balance of power. Prior to the elections Nkumbula had made a secret electoral pact with the United Federal Party, but decided to form a government with the United National Independence Party.

Bolivian National Congress, 1966–69

The Bolivian National Congress 1966–1969 was elected on 3 July 1966.

Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Senators

Presidents of the National Congress

Presidents of the Chamber of Senators

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies

FRB – Front of the Bolivian Revolution (Frente de la Revolución Boliviana). Electoral alliance formed by
Popular Christian Movement, MPC;
Social Democratic Party, PSD;
Revolutionary Left Party, PIR;
Authentic Revolutionary Party, PRA.

CDC – Christian Democratic Community (Comunidad Democratica Cristiana). Electoral alliance formed by
Bolivian Socialist Falange, FSB;
National Association of Democratic Professions, ANPD;
Democratic Revolutionary Alliance, ADR.

MNR-Paz – Revolutionary Nationalist Movement-Víctor Paz Estenssoro.

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Bolivian National Congress, 1982–85

The Bolivian National Congress 1982–1985 was elected on 29 June 1980.

Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Senators

Presidents of the National Congress

Presidents of the Chamber of Senators

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies

UDP – Democratic and Popular Union (Unidad Democratica y Popular). Electoral alliance formed by
Nationalist Revolutionary Movement of the Left, MNRI;
Communist Party of Bolivia, PCB;
Revolutionary Left Movement, MIR;
Popular Movement for National Liberation, MPLN;
Socialist Party-Sabino Tito Atahuichi, PS-Atahuichi;
Organization of Revolutionary Unity, OUR;
Center for the Study of Natural Resources, CERNA;
Workers' Vanguard Party, VO.

MNR-A – Revolutionary Nationalist Movement-Alliance (Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario-Alianza). Electoral alliance formed by
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, MNR;
Communist Party of Bolivia (Marxist–Leninist), PCML;
Nationalist Revolutionary Movement of the Left-One, MNRI-1.

ADN – Nationalist Democratic Action.

Bolivian National Congress, 1960–62

The Bolivian National Congress 1960–1962 was elected on 5 June 1960.

Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Senators

Presidents of the National Congress

FSB – Bolivian Socialist Falange.

MNR – Revolutionary Nationalist Movement.

MNRA – Authentic Nationalist Revolutionary Movement (a faction of the MNR, 1959).

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