List of elections in South Africa

This article lists elections for legislative or quasi-legislative bodies in South Africa.

Parliamentary general elections

House of Assembly (1910–1984)

• 15 September 1910
• 20 October 1915
• 20 March 1920
• 8 February 1921
• 19 June 1924
• 14 June 1929
• 17 May 1933
• 18 May 1938
• 17 July 1943
• 26 May 1948
• 15 April 1953
• 16 April 1958
• 8 October 1961
• 30 March 1966
• 22 April 1970
• 24 April 1974
• 30 November 1977
• 29 April 1981

Tricameral Parliament (1984–1994)

• 22 and 28 August 1984 (House of Representatives and House of Delegates)
• 6 May 1987 (House of Assembly)
• 6 September 1989 (all houses)

National Assembly (1994–present)

• 26–29 April 1994
• 2 June 1999
• 14 April 2004
• 22 April 2009
• 7 May 2014

Referendums

• Natal Union referendum, 10 June 1909
• Republic referendum, 5 October 1960
• Constitutional reform referendum, 2 November 1983
• Negotiated reform referendum, 17 March 1992

Municipal elections

• 1 November 1995 (delayed to 29 May 1996 in the Western Cape and 26 June 1996 in KwaZulu-Natal)
• 5 December 2000
• 1 March 2006
• 18 May 2011
• 3 August 2016

Bantustan elections

Transkei

• 20 November 1963
• 23 October 1968
• 24 October 1973
• 29 September 1976
• 24 September 1981
• September 1986

Bophuthatswana

• 4 October 1972
• 22–24 August 1977
• October 1982
• 27 October 1987

Venda

• 15–16 August 1973
• 5–6 July 1978
• July 1984

Ciskei

• 19–23 February 1973
• 18–22 June 1978
• Independence referendum, 4 December 1980
• September 1986

Gazankulu

• 16–17 October 1973
• 13 September 1978
• 7 September 1983
• 25 January 1989

KwaNdebele

• 8–10 December 1988

Lebowa

• 11 April 1973
• 15 March 1978
• 16 March 1983

QwaQwa

• 19–21 March 1975
• 19–21 April 1980
• 1985
• 1990

Representative council elections

Coloured Persons Representative Council

• 30 September 1969
• 19 March 1975

South African Indian Council

• 4 November 1981

Elections and referendums in South Africa
General elections	1910 1915 1920 1921 1924 1929 1933 1938 1943 1948 1953 1958 1961 1966 1970 1974 1977 1981 1984 1987 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014
Municipal elections	1995–96 2000 2006 2011 2016
Referendums	1960 1983 1992
See also: Elections and referendums in the Boer republics and South African colonies Elections and referendums in South African Bantustans

Years in South Africa (1910–present)
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