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    Parliamentary elections were held in South West Africa on 16 November 1955. The whites-only election again saw victory and an overwhelming majority for...
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    the pro-nationalist Whites of South-West Africa. The NP increased its parliamentary majority in almost every election between 1948 and 1977.[citation...
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    General elections were held in South Africa on 15 April 1953. The elections consolidated the position of the National Party under D. F. Malan, which won...
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  • lifeboat. 1955 South West African parliamentary election: A whites-only election ends in victory for the National Party of South-West Africa. The parish...
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    South West Africa, was a territory under South African administration from 1915 to 1966, and under South African occupation from 1966 to 1990. Renamed...
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  • Elections in South Africa are held for the National Assembly, National Council of Provinces, provincial legislatures and municipal councils. Elections...
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    Army (APLA) guerrilla raids into South Africa or against South African targets in South West Africa; frequent South African reprisal attacks on these movements'...
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    members of Parliament were elected chiefly by the South African white minority. The first elections with universal suffrage were held in 1994. Both chambers...
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    A parliamentary system, or parliamentary democracy, is a form of government where the head of government (chief executive) derives their democratic legitimacy...
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    International Parliamentary Union Section 35 of the South Africa Act 1909 The South African Constitution, by H.J. May (3rd edition 1955, Juta & Co) pp...
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