Minority Front

Minority Front
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Leader	Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi
Slogan	Your Choice and Voice All the Way
Founded	1 November 1993 (1993-11-01)
Preceded by	National People's Party
Headquarters	347 Florence Nightingale Drive , Westcliff , Chatsworth, Durban
Ideology	Interests of minorities
National Assembly seats	0 / 400
KZN Legislature seats	1 / 80
Website
www.minorityfront.com
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The Minority Front is a political party in South Africa. Though the party aims to represent all minorities of South Africa, its support comes mainly from South Africa's Indian community. Its largest base of political strength is in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, especially the city of Durban which is the cultural and demographic centre of South Africa's Indian community. It was led by the charismatic Amichand Rajbansi until his death in December 2011.

It was formed as a successor to the National People's Party, which was an important party led by Rajbansi in the Indian-only House of Delegates in the Tricameral Parliament.

After his death, Rajbansi's widow, Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi, was appointed 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 (not recognized by the IEC) 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

National elections

Election	Votes	%	Seats
2014	22,589	0.12	0
2009	43,474	0.25	1
2004	55,267	0.35	2
1999	48,277	0.30	1
1994	13,433	0.07	0

Provincial elections

Election	Eastern Cape		Free State		Gauteng		Kwazulu-Natal		Limpopo		Mpumalanga		North-West		Northern Cape		Western Cape
	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats
2014	-	-	-	-	0.07%	0/73	1.02%	1/80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.05%	2/80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.61%	2/80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.93%	2/80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.34%	1/80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Municipal elections

Election	Votes	%
2011	113,195	0.4%
2006	84,785	0.3%
2000		0.3%
1995-96