Editing United Democratic Movement (section)

{{short description|Political party in South Africa}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name             = United Democratic Movement
| abbreviation     = UDM
| founder          = [[Bantu Holomisa]] & [[Roelf Meyer]]
| logo             = UDM SA logo.svg
| logo_size        = 225
| colorcode        = {{party color|United Democratic Movement}}
| president        = [[Bantu Holomisa]]
| secretary_general = Yongama Zigebe
| leader1_title    = Chairperson
| leader1_name     = [[Bongani Msomi]]
| leader2_title    = Deputy President
| leader2_name     = [[Nqabayomzi Kwankwa]]
| founded          = {{Start date|1997|09|27|df=y}}
| dissolved        = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| headquarters     = Ground Floor<br />CPA House<br />101 Du Toit Street<br />[[Pretoria]]<br />[[Gauteng]]
| student_wing     = United Democratic Students' Movement
| youth_wing       = United Democratic Movement Youth Vanguard
| wing1_title      = [[Women's wing]]
| wing1            = United Democratic Movement Women’s Organisation
| ideology         = [[Social democracy]]
| position         = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]
| colours          = {{colour box|#FFB300|border=darkgray}} Yellow<br> {{colour box|#00835A|border=darkgray}} Green<br>{{colour box|#F30000|border=darkgray}} Red
| split            = [[African National Congress]]
| seats1_title     = [[National Assembly (South Africa)|National Assembly]] seats
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|3|400|hex={{party color|United Democratic Movement}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[National Council of Provinces|NCOP]] seats
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|1|90|hex={{party color|United Democratic Movement}}}}
| seats3_title     = [[Provincial legislature (South Africa)|Provincial Legislatures]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|3|487|hex={{party color|United Democratic Movement}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[City of Cape Town|Cape Town City Council]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|1|231|hex={{party colour|United Democratic Movement}}}}
| flag             = [[File:UDM flag.svg|200px]]
| website          = {{URL|udm.org.za}}
| country          = South Africa
}}

The '''United Democratic Movement''' ('''UDM''') is a [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]], [[Social democracy|social-democratic]], [[Politics of South Africa|South African]] political party, formed by a prominent former [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] leader, [[Roelf Meyer]] (who has since resigned from the UDM), a former [[African National Congress]] and [[Transkei]] [[Bantustan|homeland]] leader, [[General officer|General]] [[Bantu Holomisa]], and a former ANC Executive Committee member, John Taylor. It has an anti-[[Separatism|separatist]], pro-[[Multiculturalism|diversity]] platform; and supports an [[Individualism|individualist]] South Africa with a strong moral sense, in both [[social]] and [[Economy|economic]] senses.

[[Mongameli Bobani]] was the Executive Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality from 2018 to 2019 and the first mayor from the UDM since the party governed [[King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality]] (2000-2002).

In the 2024 general [[2024 South African general election|election]], UDM got three seats with 0.49% of the vote in Parliament (National Assembly).<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Results and Allocation of Seats in Parliament (National Assembly) and Provincial Legislatures: 2024 |url=https://pmg.org.za/blog/Election%20Results%20and%20Allocation%20of%20Seats%20in%20Parliament%20National%20Assembly%20and%20Provincial%20Legislatures%202024 |website=pmg.org.za/ |access-date=2 August 2024}}</ref>

In June 2024, United Democratic Movement agreed to join the ANC-led [[Government of National Unity (South Africa)|government of national unity]] (GNU).<ref>{{cite web |title=ANC WELCOMES POLITICAL PARTIES TO THE GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY – ANC |url=https://www.anc1912.org.za/anc-welcomes-political-parties-to-the-government-of-national-unity/}}</ref> Leader of the UDM, Bantubonke ‘Bantu’ Holomisa, became  the Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans in the Government of National Unity.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Admin |first1=U. D. M. |title=Bantu Holomisa Résumé |url=https://udm.org.za/bantu-holomisa-resume/ |website=United Democratic Movement {{!}} UDM}}</ref>