1921 South African general election

none December 2009 January 2021 South Africa 1912 Parliamentary 1920 South African general election 1920 8 February 1921 1924 South African general election 1924 All 134 seats in the House of Assembly 68 499,531 55.60% ( 11.34pp) 130x130px Genl JC Smuts (cropped).jpg Jan Smuts South African Party Pretoria West 50.51%, 66 seatsSouth African Party and Unionist Party combined. 77 11 137,389 49.90% 0.61pp JBM Hertzog - SA (cropped).jpg J. B. M. Hertzog National Party (South Africa) Smithfield 32.62%, 43 seats 44 1 105,039 38.15% 5.53pp Kolonel Cresswell (cropped).jpg Frederic Creswell Labour Party (South Africa) Troyeville(lost re-election) 14.65%, 21 seats 10 11 29,406 10.68% 3.97pp Prime Minister Jan Smuts South African Party Jan Smuts South African Party 1921 South African general election map - results by province.svg Results by province General elections were held in South Africa on 8 February 1921 to elect the 134 members of the House of Assembly.The Times, edition of 7 February 1921, p. 11 The South African Party, which since the previous election had fused with the Unionist Party, won an absolute majority. 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 third delimitation report of 1919, is set out in the table below. The figures in brackets are the number of electoral divisions in the previous (1913) delimitation. If there is no figure in brackets then the number was unchanged.South Africa 1982, page 129 The electoral divisions used for this general election were the same as those for the 1920 election. Provinces Cape Natal Orange Free State Transvaal Total Divisions 51 17 17 49 (45) 134 (130) Results Results of the 1921 South African general election File:South African House of Assembly 1921.svg South African Party 137389 77 +11 National Party 105039 44 +1 Labour Party 29406 10 –11 Socialist League 94 0 0 #FF007F Independents 3385 1 –2 Vacant 2 – 2429 0 499531 PotgieterDirk J. Potgieter (1971) Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Volume 4, p. 272 Notes References South Africa 1982: Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa, published by Chris van Rensburg Publications Category:General elections in South Africa South Africa General South Africa