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The Afrikaner Party's roots can be traced back to September 1939, when South Africa declared war on Germany shortly after the start of World War II.The then Prime Minister J.B.M. Hertzog and his followers did not agree with this move and broke away from the United Party to form the Volksparty (People's Party).
Logo of the National Party during the 1990s Share of National Party votes in 1994. The areas which voted for the National Party were largely Afrikaans- or English speaking Flag of the National Party during the 1990s. The National Party won 20.39% of the vote and 82 seats in the National Assembly at the first multiracial election in 1994.
This is a list of political parties in South Africa. For most of its recent history, South Africa has functioned as a democratic state but with a one-party dominant system, with the African National Congress (ANC) as the governing party.
In 1914, the National Party was founded to promote Afrikaner interests. [8] It gained power by winning South Africa's 1948 general elections . [ 20 ] The party was noted for implementing a harsh policy of racial segregation ( apartheid ) and declaring South Africa a republic in 1961. [ 8 ]
After the repression of the Maritz rebellion against the government, J. B. M. Hertzog founded the National Party as an Afrikaner nationalist party. [17] Hertzog led the National Party the 1915 and 1920 elections under the slogan "South Africa first" to create a South Africa independent from the British influence. [18]
General elections were held in South Africa on 17 June 1924, [1] electing 135 members of the House of Assembly.Considered a realigning election, rising discontent with the government of Jan Smuts led to the defeat of his government by a coalition of the pro-Afrikaner National Party and the South African Labour Party, a socialist party representing the interests of the white proletariat.
However, with its South African counterpart coming to power in 1948, the National Party also came to prominence in South West Africa, going on to win fifteen of the eighteen seats in the 1950 elections. [4] Thereafter the National Party dominated South West African politics, winning sixteen seats in the 1955 and 1961 elections and all eighteen ...
The National Conference of the African National Congress is a party congress that is held every five years. It elects members to the National Executive Committee, the party's highest decision-making body, as well as the "Top Six" leaders of the National Executive. The next national conference, the ANC's 56th, will be held in December 2027. [1]