South African general election, 1984

House of Representatives election, 1984

22 August 1984

All 80 elected seats in the House of Representatives

	First party

Leader	Allan Hendrickse
Party	Labour
Seats won	76

House of Representatives after the election

House of Delegates election, 1984

28 August 1984

All 40 elected seats in the House of Delegates

	First party	Second party

Leader	Amichand Rajbansi	JN Reddy
Party	National People's	Solidarity
Seats won	18	17

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General elections were held in South Africa in August 1984 to elect Coloured and Indian representatives to their respective houses of the Tricameral Parliament. The Coloured elections for the House of Representatives took place on 22 August, and resulted in a victory for the Labour Party, headed by the Reverend Allan Hendrickse, which won 76 of the 80 seats. The Indian elections for the House of Delegates were held on 28 August and saw the National People's Party emerge as the largest party, winning 18 of the 40 seats.^[1] The Indian elections were opposed by the United Democratic Front and were marked by boycotts and protests.^[1]

Background

In addition to the whites-only House of Assembly, a November 1983 referendum had approved the creation of two new houses an 80-member House of Representatives for Coloureds and a 40-member House of Delegates for Asians.

Results

House of Representatives

Party	%	Seats
Labour Party		76
People's Congress Party		2
Freedom Party		1
Independents		1
Invalid/blank votes	–	–
Total		80
Registered voters/turnout	30.9	–
Source: African Elections Database

House of Delegates

Party	%	Seats
National People's Party		18
Solidarity		17
Progressive Independent Party		1
Independents		4
Invalid/blank votes	–	–
Total		40
Registered voters/turnout	16.2	–
Source: African Elections Database

Reactions

The United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 554 (1984) condemning the election, declaring it null and void as it was designed to entrench minority rule.

References

1 2 Elections in South Africa African Elections Database

Elections and referendums in South Africa

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Municipal elections	1995–96 2000 2006 2011 2016

Referendums	1960 1983 1992

See also: Elections and referendums in the Boer republics and South African colonies Elections and referendums in South African Bantustans

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