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[[Lêer:Mosiuoa Lekota, 000215-D-9880W-112 detail.jpg|duimnael|links|upright|[[Mosiuoa Lekota]] in 2000]]
Die '''Congress of the People''' ('''Cope''', "Kongres van die mense") is 'n [[Suid-Afrika]]anse [[politieke party]] wat in 2008 gestig is deur voormalige lede van die [[African National Congress]].<ref>{{en}} {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7784763.stm |title=New party to challenge ANC rule |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=16 Desember 2008 |accessdateaccess-date=13 Oktober 2016 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009111214/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7784763.stm |archive-date=9 Oktober 2019 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Die party word gelei deur voormalige ANC-lede [[Mosiuoa Lekota]], [[Sam Shilowa]] en [[Mluleki George]] en het deelgeneem aan die 2009-verkiesing. Die party se totstandkoming is aangekondig na 'n nasionale byeenkoms in [[Sandton]] op 1 November 2008 en is amptelik tydens 'n kongres gestig in [[Bloemfontein]] op 16 Desember 2008. Die naam herinner aan die 1955-kongres, ook getiteld ''Congress of the People'', waartydens die [[Vryheidsmanifes]] deur die ANC en ander partye aangeneem is.
Die party se oogmerk is om die [[Grondwet van Suid-Afrika|Suid-Afrikaanse Grondwet]] te beskerm.
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| [[Suid-Afrikaanse algemene verkiesing van 2019|2019]]<ref name="FINAL RESULTS: This is how many MPs each party can send to Parliament">{{en}} {{cite web | title = This is how many MPs each party can send to Parliament | url = https://www.news24.com/elections/news/live-vote-counting-nears-end-iec-set-to-announce-results-by-afternoon-20190511 | publisher = News24 |access-date=11 accessdateMei 2019 |language=en 11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108125950/https://www.news24.com/Elections/News/live-vote-counting-nears-end-iec-set-to-announce-results-by-afternoon-20190511 Mei|archive-date=8 November 2019 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| align="right" | {{verlies}} 47 461
| align="right" | {{verlies}} 0,27%
| align="right" | {{verlies}} 1
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| [[Suid-Afrikaanse algemene verkiesing van 2014|2014]]<ref name="IEC 2014 election results">{{en}} {{cite web | title = 2014 National and Provincial Elections Results – 2014 National and Provincial Election Results | url = http://www.elections.org.za/resultsNPE2014/ | publisher = elections.org.za | accessdate access-date= 13 Oktober 2016 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915150213/http://www.elections.org.za:80/resultsNPE2014/ |archive-date=15 September 2019 |url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| align="right" | {{verlies}} 123 235
| align="right" | {{verlies}} 0,67%
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| [[Suid-Afrikaanse munisipale verkiesing van 2016|2016]]<ref>{{en}} {{cite web | url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Detailed%20Results/National.pdf | title=Results Summary – All Ballots | publisher=elections.org.za | accessdateaccess-date=13 Oktober 2016 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619175129/https://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Detailed%20Results/National.pdf |archive-date=19 Junie 2019 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| align="right" | {{verlies}} 186 185
| align="right" | {{verlies}} 0,48%
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