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1859 | Pretorius, Marthinus | |
Orange Free Africa Elected President of the Orange Free State |
1864 | Pretorius, Marthinus | |
Pretoria Africa Elected President of the SouthAfrican Republic, 2nd term |
1879 | Hofmeyr, Jan Hendrik | |
Elected Member of the Cape Parliament |
1906 | Smuts, Jan Christian | |
Transvaal Africa Smuts wins a comfortable victory in the Wonderboom constituency, near Pretoria |
Transvaal Africa The People's Party win a landslide & Botha forms the government |
1907 | Botha, Louis | |
4th Mar Transvaal Africa The Het Volk, including many English-speaking allies, win the election |
1910 | Botha, Louis | |
Botha's party wins 66 seats, mostly Afrikaners, in a house of 121 |
Sth Africa's 1st general election |
1915 | Botha, Louis | |
Almost defeated by the Nationalist Party but allies with the Anglophile Unionist Party |
Appointed Party Leader of the National Party |
Campaigns on a platform of neutrality & gradual progress towards full independence |
1915 | Malan, Daniel Francois | |
Cradock Africa Stands as prospective MP but is defeated |
1919 | Malan, Daniel Francois | |
Elected Member of Parliament |
Calvinia Africa Elected MP for Calvinia |
1924 | Smuts, Jan Christian | |
Smuts is defeated by the National Party |
1929 | Hertzog, James | |
The National Party is returned with a majority of 7 |
1929 | Strauss, Jacob Gideon Nel | |
Langlaagte Africa Elected MPC for Langlaagte |
1929 | Strijdom, Johennes Gerhardus | |
Waterberg Africa Elected MP for Waterberg |
1932 | Strauss, Jacob Gideon Nel | |
Germiston Africa Elected MP for Germiston |
1934 | Strijdom, Johennes Gerhardus | |
Elected MP |
1943 | Smuts, Jan Christian | |
Wins the election with 110 seats, a triumph for the United Party & pro-war coalition |
1947 | Villiers Graaff, David Pieter de | |
Unsuccesfully stands for election |
1948 | Malan, Daniel Francois | |
Establishes an epoch of unbroken Nationalist rule |
1948 | Smuts, Jan Christian | |
Daniel Fran‡ois Malan's pro-Apartheid policies win the National Party the 1948 election |
National Party 70 seats, Afrikaner Party 9, United Party 65 & Labour 6 |
1948 | Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch | |
Elected Senator |
1948 | Villiers Graaff, David Pieter de | |
Succesfully stands for election |
1953 | Malan, Daniel Francois | |
15th April The election is dominated by the political rights of Coloureds |
15th April The National Party increases its seats in the House of Assembly from 86 to 94 |
15th April The National Party majority in the House of Assembly increases from 13 to 29 |
1961 | Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch | |
Aug Brings the election forward to October 1961 |
Oct The National Party wins 105 seats & the United Party wins 53 seats |
1961 | Villiers Graaff, David Pieter de | |
Only 1 of the 12 party members of the House of Assembly retain their seat |
1963 | Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch | |
Transkei Africa The Trans kei voters reject the homeland policy by 3 to 1 |
1970 | Vorster, Balthazar Johannes | |
May Loses 8 seats to rival parties |
1972 | Klerk, Frederik Willem de | |
Pretoria Africa First elected to the SouthAfrican Parliament |
1986 | Botha, Pieter | |
6th May Wins an overwhelming majority in the white-only election |
1989 | Klerk, Frederik Willem de | |
6th Sep Wins an election to offer representation for all elements of the population |
1993 | Klerk, Frederik Willem de | |
26th April Sth Africa's 1st ever multi-racial election |
2nd July Jointly announces the 1st multi racial elections in history for 27 April '94 |
1993 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
2nd July Jointly announces the 1st multi racial elections in history for 27 April '94 |
1994 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
April Mandela contests the election as the head of the ANC for the National Assembly |
27th April Durban Africa Mandela votes for the 1st time in his life |
May The ANC win the 1st non-racial elections, 62% of the vote |
1999 | Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa | |
The ANC win a majority in the Assembly |
2004 | Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa | |
April The ANC win a landslide victory |