African Covenant

African Covenant (ACO) is a conservative religious South African political party formed in 2018 by Convy Baloyi.

African Covenant
Founder	Dr Convy Baloyi
Founded	March 2018
Ideology	Conservatism Christian right Social conservatism
Political position	Right-wing
National Assembly seats	0 / 400
Provincial Legislatures	0 / 430
Website
www.acoparty.co.za
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The party is proposing the return of the death penalty for murder and abortion, and wishes to overturn the legalisation of same-sex marriage in South Africa, describing marriage as an institution uniting "one man and one woman".^[1]

Baloyi stated that with supernatural aid African Covenant would be the ruling party after the 2019 general election.^[2]

The party failed to win a seat.

National elections

Election	Total votes	Share of vote	Seats	+/–	Government
2019	7,019	0.04%	0 / 400	–	extraparliamentary

Provincial elections

Election[3]	Eastern Cape		Free State		Gauteng		Kwazulu-Natal		Limpopo		Mpumalanga		North-West		Northern Cape		Western Cape
	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats
2019	0.03%	0/63	0.04%	0/30	0.06%	0/73	0.03%	0/80	0.05%	0/49	0.04%	0/30	0.05%	0/33	0.05%	0/30	0.05%	0/42

References

1. Davis, Rebecca (21 March 2019). "2019 ELECTIONS: The crib-sheet to the political parties contesting the 2019 polls, Part One". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
2. "New year, new Christian voting options". gatewaynews.co.za. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
3. "Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 May 2019.