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General elections were held in South Africa on 18 October 1961. [1] They were the first general elections after South Africa became a republic following the 1960 South African referendum. The National Party under H. F. Verwoerd won a majority in the House of Assembly.
The 1961 South African presidential election was the first to be held in South Africa.It occurred as a result of the referendum of November 5, 1960, which ratified the transformation of the Union of South Africa into the Republic of South Africa, and the adoption of a new constitution organizing the new state's political institutions.
8 October 1961; 30 March 1966; 22 April 1970; 24 April 1974; 30 November 1977; 29 April 1981; Tricameral Parliament (1984–1994) ... List of elections in South Africa.
1961 Bristol South East by-election; 1961 Cambridgeshire by-election; 1961 East Fife by-election; 1961 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election; High Peak by-election; 1961 Labour Party leadership election; 1961 Labour Party deputy leadership election; 1961 London County Council election; 1961 Manchester Moss Side by-election; 1961 Oswestry by-election ...
14 – Decimal Day - Decimalisation of currency replaces the South African pound with the South African rand. [3] March. 15 – South Africa announces its intended withdrawal from the Commonwealth upon becoming a republic. Prime Minister Verwoerd was attending the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference at the time.
The Union of South Africa was created on 31 May 1910 by the South Africa Act 1909, an act of the British Parliament. The House of Assembly (the lower house of the newly created Parliament of South Africa) and the provincial councils were elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member electoral divisions. The franchise in these elections ...
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