South African general election, 1981

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During the 1981 South African general election, the National Party achieved another landslide victory, winning 131 of 165 seats in parliament. Meanwhile the Progressive Federal Party - led since 1979 by Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, an Afrikaner - increased its representation in the House of Assembly to 26 seats, thus consolidating its position as the official opposition.

The Herstigte Nasionale Party (HNP), which representented the right-wing conservative Afrikaners, received 13,1% of the popular vote but did not gain any seats in Parliament.

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