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| All 178 seats to the House of Assembly, all 80 seats to the House of Representatives and 40 (of the 45) seats to the House of Delegates |
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| Leader | Frederik Willem de Klerk | Andries Treurnicht | Zach de Beer | |
| Party | NP | Conservative | DP | |
| Last election | 124 seats, 52.29% | 22 seats, 26.62% | 19 seats, 14.03%1 | |
| Seats won | 103 | 41 | 34 | |
| Seat change | -21 | +19 | +14 | |
| Popular vote | 1,039,704 | 3,983,690 | 680,131 | |
| Percentage | 48.19% | 20.39% | 20.39% | |
| Swing | -4.10% | +4.90% | +5.97% | |
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Incumbent State President State President-elect |
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The 1989 South African general election was South Africa's last national race-based parliamentary election. The election was called early (no election was required until 1992) to gauge support for the recently elected head of the National Party, Frederik Willem de Klerk (who was in the process of replacing P W Botha as the country's president) and his program of reform, which was to include further retreat from the policy of apartheid.
Although it still won an absolute majority, the National Party suffered an electoral setback, winning only 48% of the popular vote and 103 of the seats in parliament.
The official opposition Conservative Party (CP), who opposed any form of powersharing with other race groups, remained the official opposition with 41 seats and gained 31% of the votes.
Before the elections the liberal Progressive Federal Party (PFP) had dissolved itself and regrouped as the Democratic Party (DP), which went on to take 34 seats.
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White House of Assembly
6 September 1989, House of Assembly Election
- Registered Voters: 3,120,104
- Total Votes (Voter Turnout): 2,167,929 (69.48%)
- Invalid/Blank Votes: 10,336
- Total Valid Votes: 2,157,593
| Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |
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| National Party | 1,039,704 | 48.19% | -4.10% | 103 | -21 | |
| Conservative Party | 680,131 | 31.52% | +4.90% | 41 | +19 | |
| Democratic Party | 431,444 | 20.00% | +5.97%* | 34 | +14* | |
| Herstigte Nasionale Party | 5,416 | 0.25% | -2.74% | 0 | ±0 | |
| Total | 2,157,593 | 100% | 178 | +11 | ||
* Compared to the Progressive Federal Party.
The White Chamber of Parliament had 178 members, 166 of whom were directly elected (including a seat from Walvis Bay, which was added in 1981) with 8 Members indirectly elected by the directly elected members on the basis of proportional representation and 4 nominated by the State President (one from each province).[1]
The results of the election were interpreted by the government (based on support for the NP and the DP together) as a mandate from the white electorate to forsake the apartheid system and seek a compromise with the African National Congress and its leader Nelson Mandela.
Coloured House of Representatives
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
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| Labour Party | 171,930 | 65.00% | 69 | -7 |
| Democratic Reform Party | 39,741 | 15.20% | 5 | +5 |
| Independents | 24,705 | 9.40% | 2 | +2 |
| United Democratic Party | 19,261 | 7.60% | 3 | +3 |
| Freedom Party | 1,949 | 0.74% | 1 | ±0 |
| Total | 261,047 | 100% | 80 | |
Coloured voter turnout was low (about 18%). Those who did vote supported Allan Hendrickse's Labour Party by a large margin.
Indian House of Delegates
| Parties | Votes | % | Elected seats |
+/- | Appointed seats |
Total seats |
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| Solidarity | 58,216 | 37.6% | 16 | -1 | 3 | 19 |
| National People's Party | 38,523 | 24.9% | 8 | -12 | 1 | 9 |
| Independents | 24,157 | 15.6% | 6 | +4 | 0 | 6 |
| Democratic Party | 10,427 | 6.7% | 3 | +3 | 0 | 3 |
| National Federal Party | 8,058 | 5.2% | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 |
| People's Party of South Africa | 6,064 | 3.9% | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 |
| United Party | 2,712 | 1.8% | 0 | ±0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merit People's Party | 2,078 | 1.3% | 3 | +3 | 1 | 4 |
| Progressive Independent Party | 1,497 | 1.0% | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Freedom Party | 703 | 0.74% | 2 | +2 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican Party | 701 | 0.74% | 0 | ±0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 154,524 | 100% | 40 | 5 | 45 | |
Indian voter turnout was around 23%.
References
- ^ 1981 House of Assembly Election
- ^ South Africa: Parliamentary elections, House of Representatives, 1989. Inter-Parliamentary Union.
- ^ South Africa: Parliamentary elections, House of Delegates, 1989. Inter-Parliamentary Union.
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