1974 South African general election
House of Assembly results

1974 South African general election

Section Title: House of Assembly results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Leader	Candidates	Votes	%Votes	Seats	%Seats	Previous	Change

National Party	John Vorster	105	636 586	57.1%	123	71.9%	118	+5

United Party	De Villiers Graaff	96	363 459	32.7%	41	24.0%	47	6

Progressive Party	Colin Eglin	22	58 768	5.3%	7	4.1%	1	+6

Herstigte Nasionale Party	Albert Hertzog	48	39 568	3.6%	0.0%	0

Democratic Party	Theo Gerdener	7	10 449	0.9%	0.0%	0

Others	15	4 990	0.4%	0.0%	0

Total valid	293	1 113 820	100.0%	171	100.0%	166	+5

Spoilt	20 823

Total votes	1 134 643

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The House of Assembly was increased from 166 to 171 members.

final_sentence: The House of Assembly was increased from 166 to 171 members.