South African general election, 1970

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The 1970 South African general election was held on 22 April for the 166-seat House of Assembly. Parliament was dissolved on 2 March and the deadline for the submission of candidates was 13 March.

The election saw yet another victory for the National Party (NP), this time under the leadership of John Vorster.

However, the NP lost some support for the first time since the 1948 election and its number of seats was reduced by 8. This could be attributed to losing some support to the right-wing Herstigte Nasionale Party (Reconstituted National Party), who failed to win any seats, however.

Helen Suzman, member of parliament for Houghton, remained the sole elected representative of the liberal Progressive Party.

House of Assembly results

Elections were held in 155 of the 166 constituencies (11 members elected unopposed). There were 2 028 487 registered voters and 1 508 248 votes were cast (74.7% of voters in contested constituencies). ^[1]

* one seat was filled in a subsequent by-election

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