1910 South African general election

1910 South African general election

15 September 1910 1915 →

All 121 seats in the House of Assembly
61 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Louis Botha Leander Starr Jameson Frederic Creswell
Party South African, Orangia Unie, and Het Volk Unionist Labour
Seats won 66 36 3
Popular vote 30,052 39,766 11,549
Percentage 28.45% 37.65% 10.93%


Elected Prime Minister

Louis Botha
South African

General elections were held in South Africa on 15 September 1910 to elect the 121 members of the House of Assembly. They were the first general election after the Union of South Africa was created on 31 May 1910.

The elections were held alongside the first election to the provincial councils of Cape Province and Transvaal. Those councils used the same electoral districts as those for the House of Assembly seats in the province. The first election for the provincial councils of Natal and Orange Free State, which did not use the same constituency boundaries as the House of Assembly, took place at a later date.[1]

Although the Unionist Party received the most votes, the alliance of parties led by General Louis Botha won a slim majority. The Unionist Party became the official opposition. Botha's alliance would later unite as the South African Party.

  1. ^ The Times, edition of 26 July 1910 reports the fixing of the election dates