Editing Freedom Front Plus (section)

===Formation of the FF+ and early years (2003{{ndash}}2016)===
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[[File:Freedom Front old logo.svg|left|150px|thumb|Freedom Front logo between 1994 and 2003]]
In 2003, shortly before the [[2004 South African general election|2004 general election]], the [[Conservative Party (South Africa)|Conservative Party]], the [[Afrikaner Eenheidsbeweging]] and the Freedom Front decided to contest the election as a single entity under the name Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus or FF+), led by Mulder. Later, the [[Federal Alliance (South Africa)|Federal Alliance]] also joined the VF+/FF+.

Under Mulder's leadership the party's support remained relatively stable.

In the [[2004 South African general election|2004 general election]], support for the Freedom Front Plus rose slightly to 0.89% (139,465 votes cast). The party won one seat in most of the provincial legislatures, and four seats in the National Assembly.

In the [[2006 South African municipal election|2006 municipal elections]], the FF Plus received 1% of the popular vote (252,253 votes cast).

In the [[2009 South African general election|2009 general election]], the party received 0.83% (146,796 votes cast) and retained its four seats in the National Assembly but lost its seats in the provincial legislatures of North West, Mpumalanga and Northern Cape. After the elections, the FF Plus's leader Pieter Mulder was appointed as Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries by the new President [[Jacob Zuma]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Statement by President Jacob Zuma on the appointment of the new Cabinet {{!}} South African Government |url=https://www.gov.za/news/speeches/statement-president-jacob-zuma-appointment-new-cabinet-10-may-2009 |website=www.gov.za}}</ref>

In the [[2014 South African general election|2014 general election]], the FF Plus increased its vote slightly to 0.9%. It retained its 4 MPs, and also regained a seat in the North West.<ref>{{cite news |title=2014 Elections: Seats in Parliament |url=https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/2014-elections-seats-parliament |access-date=26 January 2020 |newspaper=sanews.gov.za |date=10 May 2014 |location=Pretoria}}</ref>

The party also enjoyed consistent landslide victories in the Afrikaner enclave [[Orania, Northern Cape|Orania]].<ref>{{cite web|date=23 April 2009|title=Orania votes for FF Plus|url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3086&art_id=nw20090423062148232C569880|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218073313/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3086&art_id=nw20090423062148232C569880|archive-date=18 February 2010|publisher=IOL}}</ref>{{efn|[[2024 South African general election|2004]] 84.95%, [[2009 South African general election|2009]] 86.73%, [[2014 South African general election|2014]] 76.89%, [[2019 South African general election|2019]] 79.40%, [[2024 South African general election|2024]] 65.62%}}

Along with other parties, the FF Plus entered into coalition with the [[Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|Democratic Alliance]] (DA) after the 2016 municipal elections to govern [[City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality|Johannesburg]], [[City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality|Tshwane]] and several other municipalities.