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1987 House of Assembly election and by-election results

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Kind election returns
Producer Not stated
Coverage 1981-1987
Works using it 1

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White electoral politics, delimitation and party systems 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Guelke (1988) By-election results since the 1981 House of Assembly election, as analysed in D. Laurie's chapter on mathematical models 1981-1987 Laurie's statistics on by-elections are used to show that the far-right surge and the PFP decline were foreshadowed before May 1987.
Guelke (1988) Results of the 6 May 1987 South African (white) House of Assembly election, as presented in the reviewed volume 1987 Supplies the headline far-right vote share (about 30 per cent) and the Conservative Party's success, which the reviewer uses to assess the contributors' interpretation of the result.