1974 South African general election

none December 2019 1974 South African general election South Africa 1928 Parliamentary 1970 South African general election 1970 24 April 1974 1977 South African general election 1977 169 of the 171 seats in the House of Assembly 86 2,232,623 51.87% ( 22.48pp) 130x130px File:John-Vorster (cropped).jpg B. J. Vorster National Party (South Africa) 54.89%, 118 seats 122 4 638,424 56.14% 1.25pp Sir De Villiers Graaff 1960.jpg De Villiers Graaff United Party (South Africa) 36.94%, 47 seats 41 6 363,478 31.96% 4.98pp Colin Eglin (cropped).jpg Colin Eglin Progressive Party (South Africa) 3.43%, 1 seat 6 5 72,479 6.37% 2.94pp Prime Minister John Vorster National Party (South Africa) John Vorster National Party (South Africa) South Africa Election 1974.png Results by province General elections were held in South Africa on 24 April 1974. They were called one year earlier than scheduled by Prime Minister John Vorster on 4 February. The House of Assembly was increased in size from 166 to 171 members. The election was once again won by the National Party, with a slightly increased parliamentary majority.https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/26/archives/vorster-widens-margin-in-south-africa.html Vorstwer widens margin in South Africa 26 April 1974 The New York Times The Progressive Party made a major advance, however. In addition to Helen Suzman, re-elected for Houghton, five other members won seats including the party leader Colin Eglin. A seventh member of the caucus was elected at a by-election soon after. The United Party won 41 seats. The election also saw Harry Schwarz, leader of the United Party in the Transvaal, enter Parliament. Schwartz would soon lead a break away from the United Party and would become one of the Apartheid's more prominent opponents in Parliament, first forming the Reform Party and then joining with the Progressive Party to form the Progressive Reform Party in 1975, under the leadership of Colin Eglin. Nominations Nominations closed on 18 March. A total of 334 candidates were nominated for 171 seats: National Party 137, United Party 110, Herstigte Nasionale Party 46, Progressive Party 23, Democratic Party 7 and others 11.https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/general-south-african-history-timeline-1970s General South African History Timeline: 1970s 1 September 2012 South African History Online 46 seats were won unopposed, 32 for the National Party and 14 for the United Party. Results House of Assembly The members of the House of Assembly were elected in single-member constituencies via first-past-the-post voting. 125 of the 171 seats were contested.http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/SOUTH_AFRICA_1974_E.PDF South Africa Inter-Parliamentary Union Voting did not take place in two constituencies, Pinelands and Wonderboom, where by-elections were later held; Pinelands was won by the Progressive Party and Wonderboom by the National Party.Terry Eksteen 1982 https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/handle/11427/18477/thesis_hum_1982_eksteen_terence_arnold.pdf?sequence=1 The Decline of the United Party 1970–1977 File:South Africa House of Assembly, 1974.svg National Party 638424 122 +4 United Party 363478 41 –6 Progressive Party 72479 6 +5 Herstigte Nasionale Party 44717 0 0 Democratic Party 10050 0 New Others 5471 0 0 Independents 2532 0 0 Vacant 2 – +5 20923 2232623 17 May 1974 General Election of Members of the House of Assembly https://gazettes.africa/akn/za/officialGazette/government-gazette/1974-05-17/4279/eng@1974-05-17 Government Gazette 107 4279 8South Africa: Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa 1985 180–182 By province ProvinceNationalUnitedProgressiveTotalTransvaal6211476Cape3715356Natal515020Orange Free State140014South-West Africa5005Total123417171Source: Stadler721184 The 1974 General Election in South Africa African Affairs 74 295 209–218 Stadler A. W. 1975 10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a096587 http://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/4022/1/A_Stadler_-_The_1974_general_election_in_South_Africa.pdf Senate The elections for the Senate were held on 30 May 1974 by an electoral college made up of members of the Assembly and various others. The National Party gained one seat at the expense of the United Party, winning 32 of the 44 seats (the United Party held 12 seats). National Party 32 +1 United Party 12 –1 0 References Category:General elections in South Africa South Africa General South Africa Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results