1984 South African general election

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House of Representatives
All 80 seats in the House of Representatives 41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	30.94%
Party Leader Vote % Seats Labour Allan Hendrickse 74.93 76 People's Congress Peter Marais 11.86 2 Freedom Arthur Booysen 5.05 1 Independents – 7.18 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
House of Delegates
All 40 seats in the House of Delegates 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	20.80%
Party Leader Vote % Seats National People's Amichand Rajbansi 36.12 18 Solidarity JN Reddy 36.62 17 Progressive Independent Faiz Khan 1.60 1 Independents – 24.88 4 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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General elections were held inSouth Africa in August 1984 to electcoloured andIndian representatives to their respective houses of theTricameral Parliament. The coloured elections for theHouse of Representatives took place on 22 August, and resulted in a victory for theLabour Party, headed by theReverendAllan Hendrickse, which won 76 of the 80 seats. The Indian elections for theHouse of Delegates were held on 28 August and saw theNational People's Party emerge as the largest party, winning 18 of the 40 seats.^[1] The Indian elections were opposed by theUnited Democratic Front and were marked by boycotts and protests.^[1] Despite theProhibition of Political Interference Act of 1968 which banned mixed-race political parties, nine Indian members of Hendrickse's Labour Party stood as independents,^[2] one of whom won a seat and subsequently joined the NPP.^[3]

In addition to the whites-onlyHouse of Assembly, a November 1983 referendum had approved the creation of two new houses an 80-memberHouse of Representatives for coloureds and a 40-memberHouse of Delegates for Indians.

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Labour Party	200,335	74.93	76
	People's Congress Party	31,701	11.86	2
	Freedom Party	13,505	5.05	1
	Reformed Freedom Party	2,632	0.98	0
	Independents	19,204	7.18	1
Total		267,377	100.00	80
Valid votes		267,377	97.99
Invalid/blank votes		5,477	2.01
Total votes		272,854	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		881,984	30.94
Source:[4][5]

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	National People's Party	29,862	36.12	18
	Solidarity	30,276	36.62	17
	Progressive Independent Party	1,322	1.60	1
	National Federal Party	633	0.77	0
	National Democratic Party	14	0.02	0
	Independents	20,568	24.88	4
Total		82,675	100.00	40
Valid votes		82,675	98.88
Invalid/blank votes		936	1.12
Total votes		83,611	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		401,901	20.80
Source:[4]

TheUnited Nations Security Council passedResolution 554 (1984) condemning the election, declaring itnull and void as it was designed to entrench minority rule.

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