Afrikaner Party | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Founder | Nicolaas Havenga |
Founded | 1941; 84 years ago (1941) |
Dissolved | 1951; 74 years ago (1951) |
TheAfrikaner Party (AP) was a South Africanpolitical party from 1941 to 1951.
The Afrikaner Party's roots can be traced back to September 1939, when South Africa declared war onGermany shortly after the start ofWorld War II. The then Prime MinisterJ.B.M. Hertzog and his followers did not agree with this move and broke away from theUnited Party to form theVolksparty (People's Party).
The Volksparty later split: one faction joined theGesuiwerde Nasionale Party (Purified National Party) to form theHerenigde Nasionale Party (Re-united National Party) while the other faction became the Afrikaner Party under the leadership ofN.C. Havenga.
After the1948 South African general election the Herenigde National Party and Afrikaner Party formed a coalition in order to achieve an absolute majority in parliament. The Afrikaner Party was very much the junior partner in this, however, and in 1951, the two parties amalgamated to become theNational Party.
Election year | # of total votes | % of overall vote | # of seats won | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
1943[1] | 15,607![]() | 1.78%![]() | 0![]() | 5/6![]() |
1948[2] | 41,885![]() | 3.93%![]() | 9![]() | 3/4![]() |