1984 South African general election explained

Country:South Africa
Flag Year:1982
Previous Election:1981
Next Election:1989
Election Date:22 August 1984
Module:
Embed:yes
Election Name:House of Representatives
Seats For Election:All 80 seats in the House of Representatives
Majority Seats:41
First Election:yes
Party1:Labour Party (South Africa, 1969)
Percentage1:74.93
Seats1:76
Party2:People's Congress Party (South Africa)
Percentage2:11.86
Seats2:2
Party3:Freedom Party (South Africa)
Percentage3:5.05
Seats3:1
Leader4:–
Party4:Independents
Percentage4:7.18
Seats4:1
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Embed:yes
Election Name:House of Delegates
Seats For Election:All 40 seats in the House of Delegates
Majority Seats:21
First Election:yes
Party5:National People's Party (South Africa, 1981)
Percentage5:36.12
Seats5:18
Party6:Solidarity (South African political party)
Percentage6:36.62
Seats6:17
Party7:Progressive Independent Party
Percentage7:1.60
Seats7:1
Leader8:–
Party8:Independents
Percentage8:24.88
Seats8:4

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.[1] The Indian elections were opposed by the United Democratic Front and were marked by boycotts and protests.[1] Despite the Prohibition of Political Interference Act of 1968 which banned mixed-race political parties, nine Indian members of Hendricke's Labour Party stood as independents,[2] one of whom won a seat and subsequently joined the NPP.[3]

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 Asians.

Results

House of Representatives

By constituency

ConstituencyFreedomIndependentLabourPeople's CongressReformed Freedom
Addo0.00%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%
Source: Constituency Level Election Archive

House of Delegates

By constituency

ConstituencyNPPSolidarityPIPNFPInd
Actonville–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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://africanelections.tripod.com/za.html#1984_House_of_Delegates_Election Elections in South Africa
  2. Web site: THE POLITICS OF COLLABORATION: THE CAMPAIGN FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE TRICAMERAL PARLIAMENT South African History Online. www.sahistory.org.za. 2020-01-05.
  3. Book: South Asians Overseas: Migration and Ethnicity. Clarke. Professor of Urban and Social Geography School of Geography and the Environment Colin. Clarke. Colin. Peach. Ceri. Vertovec. Steven. Vertovec. Professor of Transnational Anthropology Steven. 1990-10-26. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-37543-6. en.

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