The Spectrum National Party (SNP) is a South African political party founded in 2019 by Christopher Claasen, a businessman and pastor.
[1][2] The party failed to garner the minimum number of signatures required by the Independent Electoral Commission and will not be contesting the 2024 South African general election.
[3] The party contested the 2021 South African municipal elections, failing to win any council seats.
The party supports what it calls an "Equal Race Governance Policy", which allocates 25% representation to each of the four apartheid groupings (Blacks, Whites, Indians and Coloureds).
[2][5] In August 2023, the party was one of the seven founding members of the Multi-Party Charter.