National Party (South Africa)
Electoral results

National Party (South Africa)

Section Title: Electoral results
Table Section Text: None

House of Assembly

Election year	Overall votes	Percentage	Seats won	+/–	Leader

1915	75,623 (#3)	29.41%	27 / 130	New	J. B. M. Hertzog

1920	90,512 (#2)	32.62%	44 / 134	17	J. B. M. Hertzog

1921	105,039 (#2)	36.83%	45 / 134	1	J. B. M. Hertzog

1924	111,483 (#1)	35.25%	63 / 135	18	J. B. M. Hertzog

1929	141,579 (#1)	41.16%	78 / 148	15	J. B. M. Hertzog

1933	101,159 (#1)	31.61%	75 / 150	3	J. B. M. Hertzog

1938	259,543 (#2)	31.31%	27 / 150	48	Daniel François Malan

1943	321,601 (#2)	36.7%	43 / 150	16	Daniel François Malan

1948	401,834 (#1)	37.7%	70 / 150	27	Daniel François Malan

1953	598,718 (#1)	49.48%	94 / 156	24	Daniel François Malan

1958	642,006 (#1)	55.34%	103 / 156	9	J. G. Strijdom

1961	370,395 (#1)	46.11%	105 / 156	2	Hendrik Verwoerd

1966	759,331 (#1)	58.31%	126 / 166	21	Hendrik Verwoerd

1970	820,968 (#1)	54.43%	118 / 166	8	John Vorster

1974	636,586 (#1)	57.1%	123 / 171	5	John Vorster

1977	689,108 (#1)	64.8%	134 / 165	11	John Vorster

1981	777,558 (#1)	56.96%	131 / 165	3	P. W. Botha

1987	1,075,642 (#1)	52.3%	123 / 166	8	P. W. Botha

1989	1,039,704 (#1)	48.2%	94 / 166	29	F. W. de Klerk

1994	3,983,960 (#2)	20.39%	82 / 400	12	F. W. de Klerk

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In the 1966 elections the National Party won 126 seats.

final_sentence: In the 1966 elections the National Party won 126 seats.