Parliamentary elections in South Africa were held on April 22, 1970 to elect 166 deputies to the House of Assemblies. For the first time, only white voters participated in the elections in South Africa, since the term of work of the deputies elected in individual constituencies for qualified voters of the Cape Province has expired.
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| Parliamentary elections in South Africa | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 year | |||
| April 22 | |||
| Voter turnout | 74.7% | ||
 |  | ||
| Party head | Balthazar Forster | De Villiers Graaf | |
| The consignment | National party | United party | |
| Seats received | 118 (8 ▼ ) | 47 (8 ▲ ) | |
| Votes | 820 968 (54.43%) | 561 647 (37.23%) | |
| Past number of seats | 126 | 39 | |
 House of Assembly of the Republic of South Africa (1970). | |||
| Election result | The National Party again received an absolute majority, Balthazar Forster became Prime Minister. | ||
The national party, under the leadership of the new leader Baltazar Forster , basically retained its position in parliament, gaining 118 out of 166 seats. However, for the first time since the 1948 elections, it decreased its representation, while the main opposition United party increased the number of deputies from 39 to 47. This, in particular, was due to a split in the National Party, when the extreme right split the wing that founded the Restored National Party, which, although it did not receive parliamentary seats, shared the votes of the nationalists, which helped the United Party.
For the first time after these elections, the future president of South Africa, Jan Hoinis, and the future foreign minister, Frederic Bota , called on the government to sign the UN Human Rights Declaration in a famous speech [1] .
Results
Elections were held in 155 of 166 constituencies (in the remaining 11 constituencies, candidates were uncontested). The number of registered voters was 2,028,487. 1,508,248 votes were cast (turnout was 74.7%) [2] .
| The consignment | Leader | Candidates | Vote | % | Places | % | Places were | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National party | Balthazar Forster | 145 | 820 968 | 54.43% | 118 | 71.1% | 126 | -eight | |
| United party | De Villiers Graaf | 149 | 561 647 | 37.23% | 47 | 28.3% | 39 | +8 | |
| Remanufactured national party | Albert Herzog | 80 | 53,763 | 3.57% | 0 | 0,0% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Progressive party | Ian Steytler | nineteen | 51 760 | 3.43% | one | 0.6% | one | ± 0 | |
| Independent | 14 | 9 622 | 1.35% | 0 | 0,0% | 0 | ± 0 | ||
| Total | 407 | 1,497,760 | 100.0% | 166 | 100.0% | 166 | - | ||
| Invalid Newsletters | 10 524 | ||||||||
| Total votes | 1 508 284 | ||||||||
* One seat was filled later in the by-election.
Notes
- ↑ Archived copy . Date of treatment September 28, 2011. Archived October 1, 2010.
- ↑ IPU http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/SOUTH_AFRICA_1970_E.PDF