Results of the 1920 South African general election

Results of the 1920 South African general election

10 March 1920

All 134 seats in the House of Assembly
68 seats needed for a majority
Registered421,790
Turnout66.94% ( 4.63pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader J. B. M. Hertzog Jan Smuts
Party National South African
Leader's seat Smithfield Wonderboom
Last election 29.41%, 27 seats 36.67%, 54 seats
Seats won 43 41
Seat change 16 13
Popular vote 90,512 101,227
Percentage 32.62% 36.48%
Swing 3.21pp 0.19pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Thomas Smartt Frederic Creswell
Party Unionist Labour
Leader's seat Fort Beaufort Troyeville
Last election 19.42%, 39 seats 9.63%, 4 seats
Seats won 25 21
Seat change 14 17
Popular vote 38,946 40,639
Percentage 14.03% 14.65%
Swing 5.39pp 5.01pp

Results by province

Prime Minister before election

Jan Smuts
South African

Elected Prime Minister

Jan Smuts
South African

This is a list of constituency results for the 1920 South African general election.