Election |
Party name |
Total votes |
Share of votes |
Seats |
Share of seats |
Party Leader(s) |
Notes |
1961 |
Progressive Party |
69,045 |
8.6% |
1 |
0.6% |
Steytler !Jan Steytler |
National Party (NP) victory |
1966 |
Progressive Party |
39,717 |
3.1% |
1 |
0.6% |
Steytler !Jan Steytler |
NP victory |
1970 |
Progressive Party |
51,760 |
3.5% |
1 |
0.6% |
Steytler !Jan Steytler |
NP victory |
1974 |
Progressive Party |
58,768 |
5.3% |
7 |
4.1% |
Eglin !Colin Eglin |
NP victory |
1977 |
Progressive Federal Party |
177,705 |
16.7% |
17 |
10.3% |
Eglin !Colin Eglin |
NP victory; PFP gains official opposition status from United Party |
1981 |
Progressive Federal Party |
265,297 |
19.4% |
27 |
15.2% |
van Zyl Slabbert !Frederik van Zyl Slabbert |
NP victory; PFP remains official opposition |
1987 |
Progressive Federal Party |
288,579 |
13.9% |
20 |
11.2% |
Eglin !Colin Eglin |
NP victory; PFP loses official opposition status to Conservative Party |
1989 |
Democratic Party |
431,444 |
20.0% |
34 |
19.1% |
de Beer !Zach de Beer, Denis Worrall and Wynand Malan |
NP victory |