1989 Elections in Africa - South African General Election, 1989, Namibian Parliamentary Election, 1989, Botswana General Election, 1989 (Paperback)

Chapters: South African General Election, 1989, Namibian Parliamentary Election, 1989, Botswana General Election, 1989, People's Republic of the Congo Parliamentary Election, 1989. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Previous State PresidentFrederik Willem de KlerkNP The 1989 South African general election was South Africa's last national race-based parliamentary election. The election was called early (no election was required until 1992) to gauge support for the recently elected head of the National Party, Frederik Willem de Klerk (who was in the process of replacing P W Botha as the country's president) and his program of reform, which was to include further retreat from the policy of apartheid. Although it still won an absolute majority, the National Party suffered an electoral setback, winning only 48% of the popular vote and 103 of the seats in the House of Assembly. The official opposition Conservative Party (CP), who opposed any form of powersharing with other race groups, remained the official opposition with 41 seats and gained 31% of the votes. Before the elections the liberal Progressive Federal Party (PFP) had dissolved itself and regrouped as the Democratic Party (DP), which went on to take 34 seats. 6 September 1989, House of Assembly Election * Compared to the Progressive Federal Party. The White Chamber of Parliament had 178 members, 166 of whom were directly elected (including a seat from Walvis Bay, which was added in 1981) with 8 Members indirectly elected by the directly elected members on the basis of proportional representation and 4 nominated by the State President (one from each province). The results of the election were interpreted by the government (based on support for the NP and the DP together) as a mandate from the ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=424936