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Other election returns (one-off)

Literature › Primary sources

Kind election returns
Producer Various
Coverage 1915-1989
Works using it 9

Project holdings

The project holds this source in part. See Elections.

Debates

Debate Works
White electoral politics, delimitation and party systems 4
Agrarian transition to capitalism and the fate of the African peasantry 2
Liberal vs revisionist: was apartheid functional or dysfunctional for capitalist growth? 2
Origins, coherence and ideology of apartheid and Afrikaner nationalism 2
Agricultural policy, productivity, farm size and land reform 1
Farm labour: mechanisation, labour shedding, wages and labour control 1
Sanctions, disinvestment and the anti-apartheid movement 1
The state and capital: instrumentalism, autonomy and fractions of capital 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Botha (1996) National Party vote share series 1915-1989 (SAIRR 1987/88, 1988/89, 1989/90; Schoeman 1977; Sunday Tribune 2 May 1981; Van Vuuren et al. 1987; Weide and Weide) 1915-1989 Used to show a degree of voter volatility in the dominant party-system (Table 3).
Guelke (1988) 1983 referendum on the new constitution (results as implied in the volume's discussion) 1983 Used to date the beginning of the PFP's decline, though no figures are given.
Lundahl (1984) Parliamentary seat totals in House of Assembly, 1948-1981 (National Party vs opposition) 1948-1981 Shows Afrikaner/National Party dominance of political decision-making.
Morrell (1988) General election results (1924 Pact election) 1924 Used as an indicator of political change among farmers.
Peele and Morse (1974) Official 1970 election returns for Constantia, Cape Town Gardens, Tygervallei and Germiston 1970 Actual constituency results are compared with respondents' intended votes to validate the survey.
Posel (2011) Election and referendum results 1948-1966 (as reported) 1948-1966 Used to trace the National Party's growing electoral base, including the 1960 referendum and 1961 election.
Price (1953) 1953 South African general election results (constituency-level votes, seats, polls, deposits) April 1953 (with 1948 comparisons) Establishes seat totals, votes by party and province, turnout, lost deposits and the gap between vote share and seat share.
Vink (2012) Election results and political events 1982-1989 (Conservative Party vote; Gastrow 1983) 1982-1989 Used to explain political timing of state withdrawal from agriculture.
Wilkins and Strydom (1978) Election returns and seat counts: 1948 general election; 1943 election; 1960 republic referendum; 1969 CRC election; 1970 HNP vote 1943-1975 Used to show election and referendum outcomes and Broederbond failures in coloured politics.