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SOUTH AFRICA
National Assembly

HISTORICAL ARCHIVE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS

Parliament nameParliament
Structure of parliamentBicameral
Chamber nameNational Assembly
Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments)National Council of Provinces
Results of parliamentary elections held in the following years are available:

Between 1948 and 1980, South Africa had a bicameral parliament composed of a House of Assembly and a Senate. The Senate was abolished in 1981. The 1984 Constitution introduced a tri-cameral Parliament comprising a House of Assembly, a House of Representatives and a House of Delegates. The 1994 Constitution re-established a bicameral Parliament composed of the National Assembly and the Senate. In the 1997 Constitution, the Senate was replaced by the National Council of Provinces.


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