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South Africa 1987 Legislative
Election
The Parliament is
a tricameral body consisting of a House of Assembly, a House of Representatives,
and a House of Delegates.
|
Chamber
|
House
of Assembly
|
|
Date of Election
|
May
6, 1987
|
|
Type of Electoral
System
|
Proportional
|
|
Number of
Seats Available
|
166
*
|
| Length
of Legislative Term |
5
years
|
|
|
Number
of Seats
|
Percentage
of Votes
|
| National
Party (NP) |
123
|
-
|
| Conservative
Party of South Africa (CPSA) |
22
|
-
|
| Progressive
Federal Party (PFP) |
19
|
-
|
| New
Republic Party (NRP) |
1
|
-
|
| Independent |
1
|
-
|
* The White Chamber
had 178 members, 166 of whom were directly elected (including a seat from
Walvis Bay, which was added in 1981) with 8 indirectly elected by the
directly elected members on the basis of proportional representation,
and 4 nominated by the president (one from each province).
Source: Political
Handbook of the World 1989, Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications, 1989. |
