1933 South African general election

none December 2009 July 2020 South Africa 1928 Parliamentary 1929 South African general election 1929 17 May 1933 1938 South African general election 1938 All 150 seats in the House of Assembly 76 957,636 33.77% ( 41.57pp) JBM Hertzog - SA (cropped).jpg 113 113 150 0 0 J. B. M. Hertzog National Party (South Africa) Smithfield 41.17%, 78 seats 75 3 101,159 31.61% 9.55pp Genl JC Smuts (cropped).jpg 113 113 150 0 0 Jan Smuts South African Party Standerton 46.50%, 61 seats 61 71,486 22.34% 24.16pp Tielman Roos.jpg 120 113 150 0 4 Tielman Roos Roos Party stood in Rustenburg Did not exist 2 New party 27,441 8.58% New party Walter Madeley (cropped).jpg 113 113 150 0 0 Walter Madeley Labour Party (South Africa) Benoni 9.86%, 8 seats 2 6 20,276 6.34% 3.52pp Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog National Party (South Africa) J. B. M. Hertzog National Party (South Africa) 1933 South African general election map - results by province.svg Results by province General elections were held in South Africa on 17 May 1933 to elect the 150 members of the House of Assembly.Keesing's Contemporary Archives, 1931-1934, page 747 The National Party won half the seats in the House, but the coalition with the South African Party continued. Changes to the franchise Since the 1929 election several changes had been made to the franchise laws. Adult white women were enfranchised in 1930. In 1931 all European males over the age of 21 were enfranchised (eliminating property and wage qualifications for that section of the population).‘'The South African Constitution'’, by H.J. May (3rd edition 1955, Juta & Co) pp. 92–93 One effect of these changes, which were not extended to the non-white population of the Union, was to dilute the influence of the non-white electors in Cape Province and Natal. 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 sixth delimitation report of 1932, is set out in the table below. The figures in brackets are the number of electoral divisions in the previous (1928) delimitation. If there is no figure in brackets then the number was unchanged.South Africa 1982, page 129 Provinces Cape Natal Orange Free State Transvaal Total Divisions 61 (58) 16 (17) 16 (18) 57 (55) 150 (148) Results Results of the 1933 South African general election The vote totals in the table below may not give a complete picture of the balance of political opinion, because of unopposed elections (where no votes were cast) and because contested seats may not have been fought by a candidate from all major parties. As the two largest parties were in coalition together, the opposition to the government was weaker and more fragmented than in any other election in South African history. File:South African House of Assembly 1933.svg National Party 101159 75 –3 South African Party 71486 61 0 Roos Party 27441 2 New #FFD700 Labour Party 20276 2 –6 Natal Home Rule Party 12328 0 New Independents 87321 10 +9 +2 3406 957636 South Africa 1982South Africa 1982, pp174–176 An alternative breakdown of members, distinguishing between supporters and opponents of the coalition, was (pro Coalition) NP 75, SAP 61, Creswell Labour 2, Roos 2; (opposition) National Council Labour 2, Natal Home Rule 2, Independents 6.The South African Constitution, page 135 Another interpretation is NP 75, SAP 61, Labour 4, Roos Party 2, Home Rule group 2 and Independents 6.The Rise of the South African Reich, chapter 2: The First Nationalist Government References Keesing's Contemporary Archives The Rise of the South African Reich, by Brian Bunting, (first published by Penguin Africa Library in 1964 and revised in 1969) accessed on an ANC website 3 August 2010 Smuts: A Reappraisal, by Bernard Friedman (George, Allen & Unwin 1975) 0-04-920045-3 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