1970 South African Senate election

none April 2022 1970 South African Senate election South Africa 1928 Parliamentary Popular no 1965 South African Senate election 1965 1970 11 16 y 1974 South African Senate election 1974 44 of 54 seats in the Senate 28 John Vorster|x130px B. J. Vorster National Party (South Africa) 40 seats 41 1 75.93% x130px De Villiers Graaff United Party (South Africa) 13 seats 13 24.07% South African Senate after the 1970 election|300px 300px Seat composition in the Senate after the electionThe election for the ninth Senate of South Africa took place on November 16, 1970. The result was a victory for the ruling National Party, winning 31 out of the 44 elected seats and 41 out of the total 54 seats.Keesing's Contemporary Archives 1969–1970, page 24341. According to section 29(2)(b) of the 1961 constitution, "at least one of the two senators nominated from each province under this section shall be thoroughly acquainted, by reason of official experience or otherwise, with the interests of the coloured population in the province for which the said senator is nominated". The seat of an additional (white) senator nominated in accordance with section 7 of the Separate Representation of Voters Act, 1951"on the ground of his thorough acquaintance, by reason of his official experience or otherwise, with the reasonable wants and wishes of the non-European [i.e. Coloured, as black Africans were explicitly excluded from the definition under section 1 (ii) of the 1951 act] population in the province of the Cape of Good Hope", had been vacant since 1962 and was finally abolished by the Separate Representation of Voters Amendment Act, 1968 with effect from the elections in 1970. Bibliography Category:Senate elections in South Africa Senate Category:November 1970 in Africa Category:November 1970 elections