South African general election, 1921

South African general election, 1921

8 February 1921 (1921-02-08)

All 134 seats in the House of Assembly   First party Second party Third party   Leader Jan Smuts J. B. M. Hertzog F. H. P. Creswell Party South African National Party Labour Last election 41 seats 44 seats 21 seats Seats won 79 45 9 Seat change 38 1 12 Popular vote 137,389 105,039 39,406 Percentage 48.17% 36.83% 13.82% Swing +11.69% +4.21% -0.82%

House of Assembly after the election

Prime Minister before election Jan Smuts South African Elected Prime Minister Jan Smuts South African

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The 1921 South African general election was held for the 134 seats in the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa, on 8 February 1921.^[1] 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.^[2]

The electoral divisions used for this general election were the same as those for the 1920 election.

Results

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.

The total registered electorate was 499,531. The votes cast were 277,742 (no figure for spoilt votes at this election is available).^[3]

References

• South Africa 1982: Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa, published by Chris van Rensburg Publications

Elections and referendums in South Africa
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See also: Elections and referendums in the Boer republics and South African colonies Elections and referendums in South African Bantustans

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