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1929 South African general election information


1929 South African general election
1929 South African general election
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All 148 seats in the House of Assembly
75 seats needed for a majority
Registered461,820
Turnout75.34% (Decrease 1.89pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
Leader J. B. M. Hertzog Jan Smuts Disputed
Party National South African Labour
Last election 35.25%, 63 seats 47.04%, 53 seats 14.35%, 18 seats
Seats won 78 61 8
Seat change Increase 15 Increase 8 Decrease 10
Popular vote 141,579 159,896 33,919
Percentage 41.17% 46.50% 9.86%
Swing Increase 5.89pp Decrease 0.54pp Decrease 4.49pp
Results by province
Prime Minister before election

J. B. M. Hertzog
National

Elected Prime Minister

J. B. M. Hertzog
National

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General elections were held in South Africa on 12 June 1929.[1] The National Party under J. B. M. Hertzog won an outright majority in the House of Assembly. Hertzog had the opportunity to form a government without the aid of the Labour Party. In fact the Pact government continued, with two ministers from the Creswell Labour faction remaining in office. The National Party remained the dominant party, for its second consecutive term.

Due to the split in the Labour Party, just eight MPs were elected for the party, of whom only four sat on the government benches.[2] The leadership disputed between Colonel Frederic Creswell (of the Creswell Labour faction) and Walter Madeley (from the National Council Labour faction) following the split.

  1. ^ "Elections in South Africa". African Elections Database. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  2. ^ The South African Constitution, p. 135

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