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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.
1961 Gabonese general election; 1961 Guinean presidential election; 1961 Kenyan legislative election; 1961 Mauritanian presidential election; 1961 Nyasaland general election; 1961 Republic of the Congo presidential election; 1961 Rwandan parliamentary election; 1961 South African general election; 1961 Southern Rhodesian constitution referendum ...
This article lists elections for legislative or quasi-legislative bodies in South Africa. Parliamentary general elections ... 8 October 1961; 30 March 1966; 22 April ...
South Africa held a national election Wednesday that could be the country's most hotly contested in 30 years, with the long-ruling African National Congress party facing a stern test to hold onto ...
Partial results in South Africa's national election put the long-ruling African National Congress at below 50% of the vote as counting continued Thursday, raising the possibility that it might ...
The ANC’s loss of its parliamentary majority in this week's election made news in Israel. The case at the world court could go on for years, meaning a new South African coalition government will ...
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.