1984 South African general election

none April 2023 South Africa 1982 1981 1989 22 August 1984 yes House of Representatives (coloured) All 80 seats in the House of Representatives 41 yes 30.94% Allan Hendrickse Labour Party (South Africa, 1969) 74.93 76 Peter Marais People's Congress Party (South Africa) 11.86 2 Arthur Booysen Freedom Party (South Africa) 5.05 1 – Independents 7.18 1 yes House of Delegates (Indian) All 40 seats in the House of Delegates 21 yes 20.80% Amichand Rajbansi National People's Party (South Africa, 1981) 36.12 18 JN Reddy Solidarity (South African political party) 36.62 17 Faiz Khan Progressive Independent Party 1.60 1 – Independents 24.88 4 General elections were held in South Africa in August 1984 to elect coloured and Indian representatives to their respective houses of the Tricameral Parliament. The coloured elections for the House of Representatives took place on 22 August, and resulted in a victory for the Labour Party, headed by the Reverend Allan Hendrickse, which won 76 of the 80 seats. The Indian elections for the House of Delegates were held on 28 August and saw the National People's Party emerge as the largest party, winning 18 of the 40 seats.http://africanelections.tripod.com/za.html#1984_House_of_Delegates_Election Elections in South Africa African Elections Database 25 July 2012 7 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110607021412/http://africanelections.tripod.com/za.html#1984_House_of_Delegates_Election dead The Indian elections were opposed by the United Democratic Front and were marked by boycotts and protests. Despite the Prohibition of Political Interference Act of 1968 which banned mixed-race political parties, nine Indian members of Hendrickse's Labour Party stood as independents,https://www.sahistory.org.za/archive/politics-collaboration-campaign-participation-tricameral-parliament The politics of collaboration: The campaign for participation in the tricameral parliament South African History Online 2020-01-05 one of whom won a seat and subsequently joined the NPP.https://books.google.com/books?id=jet6JOYjZ4wC&pg=PA144 South Asians Overseas: Migration and Ethnicity Clarke Colin Peach Ceri Vertovec Steven 1990-10-26 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-37543-6 en 144 Background In addition to the whites-only House of Assembly, a November 1983 referendum had approved the creation of two new houses an 80-member House of Representatives for coloureds and a 40-member House of Delegates for Indians. Results House of Representatives File:South African House of Representatives 1984.svg Labour Party 200335 76 People's Congress Party 31701 2 Freedom Party 13505 1 Reformed Freedom Party 2632 0 Independents 19204 1 5477 881984 7 September 1984 Notice 647 of 1984: Department of Internal Affairs https://gazettes.africa/akn/za/officialGazette/government-gazette/1984-09-07/9417/eng@1984-09-07 Government Gazette 231 9417Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p832 0-19-829645-2 By constituency ConstituencyFreedomIndependentLabourPeople's CongressReformed FreedomAddo0.00%0.00%74.49%16.47%9.05%Alra Park9.20%0.00%82.28%8.52%0.00%Belhar0.00%47.52%52.48%0.00%0.00%Berg River0.00%25.58%74.42%0.00%0.00%Bethelsdorp0.00%0.00%96.71%3.29%0.00%Bishop Lavis0.00%0.00%65.04%34.96%0.00%Bloemfontein Opkoms5.20%0.00%84.60%0.00%10.21%Bokkeveld0.00%50.26%49.74%0.00%0.00%Bonteheuwel0.00%0.00%94.86%5.14%0.00%Border10.30%0.00%87.76%1.95%0.00%Bosmont50.00%0.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%Britstown0.00%0.00%83.76%16.24%0.00%Daljosaphat0.00%20.96%56.13%22.91%0.00%Diamant0.00%13.19%69.05%17.75%0.00%Diaz0.00%0.00%78.03%21.97%0.00%Durban Suburbs0.00%0.00%69.08%30.92%0.00%Dysseldorp0.00%0.00%92.22%7.78%0.00%Eastern Free State0.00%0.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%Eersterus20.65%0.00%62.95%16.40%0.00%Eldorado Park10.64%0.00%69.75%12.41%7.20%Elsies River0.00%0.00%87.15%12.85%0.00%Esselen Park0.00%7.54%60.46%31.99%0.00%Fish River8.94%0.00%75.88%15.18%0.00%Gelvandale7.51%0.00%84.30%8.19%0.00%Genadendal0.00%0.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%Grassy Park0.00%0.00%0.00%96.47%3.53%Greenwood Park0.00%11.44%82.36%6.19%0.00%Griqualand West0.00%6.49%76.69%16.82%0.00%Haarlem0.00%0.00%77.73%12.37%9.90%Hanover Park0.00%0.00%81.79%18.21%0.00%Hantam0.00%0.00%75.74%24.26%0.00%Hawston0.00%35.38%64.62%0.00%0.00%Heidedal3.80%6.61%89.59%0.00%0.00%Heideveld0.00%0.00%68.02%31.98%0.00%Kalahari6.85%0.00%91.92%1.23%0.00%Karee0.00%32.76%67.24%0.00%0.00%Kasselsvlei0.00%26.08%58.38%7.50%8.04%Klipspruit West23.44%11.28%60.18%5.10%0.00%Liesbeek0.00%0.00%85.22%14.78%0.00%Macassar0.00%13.33%69.10%17.57%0.00%Mamre0.00%0.00%94.24%5.76%0.00%Manenberg0.00%0.00%66.82%29.09%4.09%Matroosfontein0.00%0.00%77.40%14.91%7.69%Mid Karoo0.00%6.02%91.74%2.24%0.00%Mitchells Plain0.00%0.00%83.50%12.62%3.88%Natal Interior0.00%0.00%76.51%23.49%0.00%Natal Mid-East0.00%26.60%64.22%9.17%0.00%Newclare17.84%0.00%67.50%14.66%0.00%Northeastern Cape18.66%0.00%71.90%9.45%0.00%Northern Cape7.67%21.62%65.52%5.19%0.00%Northern Transvaal13.62%0.00%78.10%8.28%0.00%Nuweveld0.00%0.00%83.96%16.04%0.00%Ottery0.00%0.00%42.97%57.03%0.00%Outeniqua0.00%0.00%63.70%36.30%0.00%Pniel0.00%0.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%Ravensmead0.00%12.05%80.27%6.07%1.61%Rawsonville0.00%19.15%80.85%0.00%0.00%Reiger Park1.89%13.79%84.32%0.00%0.00%Retreat0.00%0.00%84.28%15.72%0.00%Rietvlei0.00%32.00%65.58%2.42%0.00%Riversdal0.00%50.97%49.03%0.00%0.00%Robertson0.00%8.14%91.86%0.00%0.00%Ruste Ter Vaal24.30%0.00%75.70%0.00%0.00%Schauderville19.36%0.00%74.39%6.26%0.00%Silvertown0.00%0.00%88.28%11.72%0.00%Southern Cape0.00%0.00%90.86%9.14%0.00%Southern Free State0.00%0.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%Springbok16.47%0.00%65.91%0.00%17.63%Steinkopf16.61%31.46%51.94%0.00%0.00%Strandfontein0.00%0.00%80.29%12.12%7.59%Suurbraak36.25%4.49%59.26%0.00%0.00%Swartkops0.00%0.00%77.76%22.24%0.00%Swartland0.00%0.00%72.64%27.36%0.00%Table Mountain0.00%0.00%50.64%49.36%0.00%Toekomsrus41.44%7.01%51.55%0.00%0.00%Upington0.00%0.00%91.70%8.30%0.00%Vredendal0.00%0.00%63.66%36.34%0.00%Wentworth0.00%0.00%54.11%45.89%0.00%Western Free State1.97%0.00%91.22%6.81%0.00%Wuppertal0.00%14.84%74.81%10.35%0.00% House of Delegates File:South Africa House of Delegates 1984.svg National People's Party 29862 18 Solidarity 30276 17 Progressive Independent Party 1322 1 National Federal Party 633 0 National Democratic Party 14 0 Independents 20568 4 936 401901 By constituency ConstituencyNPPSolidarityPIPNFPIndActonville–18.43%–11.97%69.59%Allandale–48.26%––51.74%Arena Park73.17%26.83%–––Bayview27.55%56.28%––16.17%Brickfield51.18%14.67%––34.15%Camperdown41.10%51.90%––7.00%Cavendish18.71%41.18%–4.67%35.44%Central Rand2.36%51.30%0.24%–46.09%Chatsworth Central44.12%47.73%–8.14%–Clare Estate29.90%17.44%––52.66%Durban Bay52.26%3.40%––44.34%Eastern Transvaal18.09%46.65%––35.27%Glenview22.51%77.49%–––Havenside–66.17%––33.83%Isipingo40.05%37.65%––22.30%Laudium57.67%9.32%––33.01%Lenasia Central40.84%25.38%19.27%–14.50%Lenasia East24.93%26.25%42.78%–6.04%Lenasia West47.39%23.75%7.66%–21.20%Malabar81.12%0.32%––18.56%Marianhill50.62%48.33%––1.05%Merebank31.93%47.32%––20.76%Montford40.80%48.58%––10.62%Moorcross47.02%37.45%––15.52%Natal Midlands47.03%20.63%––32.34%Newholme41.80%19.42%––38.78%North Coast82.96%17.04%–––North Western Transvaal40.42%14.55%––45.03%Northern Natal40.72%31.72%13.68%–13.88%Northwestern Cape35.05%20.00%––44.95%Phoenix21.60%34.81%––43.58%Redhill69.66%21.37%––8.97%Reservoir Hills41.58%53.73%–4.69%–Rylands22.91%58.00%––19.09%Southern Natal21.42%48.95%13.54%–15.75%Springfield25.39%51.64%4.63%–18.34%Stanger27.14%72.46%––0.40%Tongaat23.40%20.01%0.59%–56.00%Umzinto35.62%32.88%––31.32%Verulam26.47%44.19%––29.34%Source: Constituency Level Election Archive Reactions The United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 554 (1984) condemning the election, declaring it null and void as it was designed to entrench minority rule. References External links BBC News report on the elections and reforms to Apartheid BBC Archive video Category:General elections in South Africa South Africa General South Africa Category:Long stubs with short prose