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The Democratic Alliance held its 6th Federal Congress in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape from 9 May to 10 May 2015. After incumbent leader Helen Zille announced she would not seek reelection, the congress became focused on the contest to succeed her. ==Election for Party Leader== When the nominations deadline had passed, four candidates for the leadership had been put forward: Federal Chairperson Wilmot James, Parliamentary Leader Mmusi Maimane, Adrian Naidoo, and Morgan Oliphant〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Voting closed for new DA leaders )〕 In the month leading to the vote, the two leading candidates, James and Maimane, traded barbs over issues such party democracy, transparency, and who would be most successful in challenging the ruling African National Congress. The two candidates addressed the provincial party congress in KwaZulu-Natal where James challenged Mamaine to a series of debates.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SABC News - DAs Maimane, James to face off in debate :Tuesday 5 May 2015 )〕 Continuing his criticism of Maimane's commitment to intra-party democracy and transparency, James released his list of donors in the last week of the campaign and called on his rival to do the same.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SABC News - DA candidates urged to be financially transparent:Thursday 30 April 2015 )〕 On May 10, following a vote by party delegates, outgoing leader Helen Zille declared Mamaine as the duly elected leader of the Democratic Alliance. 93% of delegates voted in the leadership race.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Maimane elected new DA leader )〕 According to his campaign, Maimane won with 90% of the vote.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=‘Maimane won by 90%’ )〕 He is the first black South African to lead the party.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SABC News - I won’t be anyone’s puppet: Maimane:Monday 11 May 2015 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2015 Democratic Alliance Federal Congress」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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