1929 South African general election

none December 2009 January 2021 South Africa 1928 parliamentary 1924 South African general election 1924 12 June 1929 1933 South African general election 1933 All 148 seats in the House of Assembly 75 461,820 75.34% ( 1.89pp) 130x130px JBM Hertzog - SA (cropped).jpg J. B. M. Hertzog National Party (South Africa) Smithfield 35.25%, 63 seats 78 15 141,579 41.17% 5.92pp Genl JC Smuts (cropped).jpg Jan Smuts South African Party Standerton 47.04%, 53 seats 61 8 159,896 46.50% 0.54pp Labour Party (South Africa) 130 95 Disputed Labour Party (South Africa) 14.35%, 18 seats 8 10 33,919 9.86% 4.49pp Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog National Party (South Africa) J. B. M. Hertzog National Party (South Africa) 1929 South African general election map - results by province.svg Results by province General elections were held in South Africa on 12 June 1929.https://africanelections.tripod.com/za.html#1929_House_of_Assembly_Election Elections in South Africa African Elections Database 21 February 2016 16 January 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260116222923/https://africanelections.tripod.com/za.html#1929_House_of_Assembly_Election dead 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.The South African Constitution, p. 135 The leadership disputed between Colonel Frederic Creswell (of the Creswell Labour faction) and Walter Madeley (from the National Council Labour faction) following the split. Delimitation of electoral divisions The South Africa Act 1909 had provided for a delimitation commission to define the boundaries for each electoral division. The representation by province, under the fifth delimitation report of 1928, is set out in the table below. The figures in brackets are the number of electoral divisions in the previous (1923) delimitation. If there is no figure in brackets then the number was unchanged.South Africa 1982, p. 129 Provinces Cape Natal Orange Free State Transvaal Total Divisions 58 (51) 17 18 (17) 55 (50) 148 (135) Results Results of the 1929 South African general election File:South African House of Assembly 1929.svg South African Party 159896 61 +8 National Party 141579 78 +15 Labour Party 33919 8 –10 Independents 8503 1 0 +13 4027 461820 South Africa 1982South Africa 1982, pp. 174–176 See also 1929 in South Africa References Bibliography South Africa 1982: Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa, published by Chris van Rensburg Publications The South African Constitution, by H.J. May (3rd edition 1955, Juta & Co) Category:General elections in South Africa South Africa General South Africa