General elections were held in

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on 8 February 1921 to elect the 134 members of the

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. The South African Party, which since the previous election had fused with the Unionist Party, won an absolute majority.

Delimitation of electoral divisions

The

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had provided for a delimitation commission to define the boundaries for each electoral division. The representation by province, under the third delimitation report of 1919, is set out in the table below. The figures in brackets are the number of electoral divisions in the previous (1913) delimitation. If there is no figure in brackets then the number was unchanged.''South Africa 1982'', page 129 The electoral divisions used for this general election were the same as those for the 1920 election.

Results

Notes

References

* ''South Africa 1982: Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa'', published by Chris van Rensburg Publications {{South African elections General elections in South Africa

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February 1921 events