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1929 South African general election

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Field	Value
country	South Africa
flag_year	1928
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1924 South African general election
previous_year	1924
election_date	12 June 1929
next_election	1933 South African general election
next_year	1933
seats_for_election	All 148 seats in the House of Assembly
majority_seats	75
registered	461,820
turnout	75.34% ( 1.89pp)
image_size	130x130px
image1	JBM Hertzog - SA (cropped).jpg
leader1	J. B. M. Hertzog
party1	National Party (South Africa)
leaders_seat1	Smithfield
last_election1	35.25%, 63 seats
seats1	78
seat_change1	15
popular_vote1	141,579
percentage1	41.17%
swing1	5.92pp
image2	Genl JC Smuts (cropped).jpg
leader2	Jan Smuts
party2	South African Party
leaders_seat2	Standerton
last_election2	47.04%, 53 seats
seats2	61
seat_change2	8
popular_vote2	159,896
percentage2	46.50%
swing2	0.54pp
image3
leader3	Disputed
party3	Labour Party (South Africa)
last_election3	14.35%, 18 seats
seats3	8
seat_change3	10
popular_vote3	33,919
percentage3	9.86%
swing3	4.49pp
title	Prime Minister
before_election	J. B. M. Hertzog
before_party	National Party (South Africa)
after_election	J. B. M. Hertzog
after_party	National Party (South Africa)
map_image	1929 South African general election map - results by province.svg
map_caption	Results by province

General elections were held in South Africa on 12 June 1929. The National Party under J. B. M. Hertzog won an outright majority in the House of Assembly. Hertzog had the opportunity to form a government without the aid of the Labour Party. In fact the Pact government continued, with two ministers from the Creswell Labour faction remaining in office. The National Party remained the dominant party, for its second consecutive term.

Due to the split in the Labour Party, just eight MPs were elected for the party, of whom only four sat on the government benches. The leadership disputed between Colonel Frederic Creswell (of the Creswell Labour faction) and Walter Madeley (from the National Council Labour faction) following the split.

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 fifth delimitation report of 1928, is set out in the table below. The figures in brackets are the number of electoral divisions in the previous (1923) delimitation. If there is no figure in brackets then the number was unchanged.

Provinces	Cape	Natal	Orange Free State	Transvaal	Total
Divisions	58 (51)	17	18 (17)	55 (50)	148 (135)

Results

Main article: Results of the 1929 South African general election

References

Bibliography

South Africa 1982: Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa, published by Chris van Rensburg Publications
The South African Constitution, by H.J. May (3rd edition 1955, Juta & Co)

References

"Elections in South Africa".
''The South African Constitution'', p. 135
''South Africa 1982'', p. 129
''South Africa 1982'', pp. 174–176

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