This is a list of constituency results for the 1938 South African general election.
Boundary and franchise changes The Seventh Delimitation Commission (1937) maintained the overall size of the House of Assembly at 150 seats, but changed the apportionment between the four provinces - the Transvaal gained three seats, two from the Cape and one from the Orange Free State, making it the largest provincial delegation for the first time. ProvinceSeats 1933CreatedAbolishedSeats 1938Cape of Good Hope61Albert-ColesbergCape FlatsGriqualand EastKimberley DistrictPort Elizabeth DistrictVryburgAlbertBeaconsfieldBechuanalandBellvilleCathcartColesbergGriqualandSalt River59Natal16Durban BereaDurban NorthPietermaritzburg CitySouth CoastDundeeDurban DistrictPietermaritzburg NorthNatal Coast16Orange Free State16BloemfonteinBloemfontein DistrictSmithfieldBloemfontein NorthBloemfontein SouthSmithfield-RouxvilleWepener15Transvaal57Germiston NorthGermiston SouthJohannesburg WestNorth East RandOrange GrovePretoria CityBoksburg NorthGermistonMagaliesberg60 Part of the reason for the Cape's loss of representation was the Representation of Natives Act, 1936, which had removed all black voters from the Cape's electoral roll and assigned them to a separate roll which elected three "Native Representative Members" (NRMs). The NRMs served five-year terms but were elected separately from the general elections - they'd been elected for the first time in June 1937, and sat for most of the 1938-43 Parliament until being replaced in by-elections in late 1942.‘'The Overseas Reference Book of the Union of South Africa'’ (Todd Publishing published c. 1943) (dates of election); The South African Constitution, pp 101-109 (for the details of the native representative seats)
Cape Province
Unopposed candidates: UP 4.
Albany
Albert-Colesberg
Aliwal
Beaufort West
Bredasdorp
Caledon
Calvinia
Cape Flats
Cape Town Castle
Cape Town Central
Cape Town Gardens
Ceres
Claremont
Cradock
East London City
East London North
Fort Beaufort
George
Gordonia
Graaff-Reinet
Griqualand East
Hopetown
Hottentots Holland
Humansdorp
Kimberley City
Kimberley District
King William's Town
Kuruman
Maitland
Malmesbury
Moorreesburg
Mossel Bay
Mowbray
Namaqualand
Oudtshoorn
Paarl
Piketberg
Port Elizabeth Central
Port Elizabeth District
Port Elizabeth North
Port Elizabeth South
Prieska
Queenstown
Riversdale
Rondebosch
Sea Point
Somerset East
South Peninsula
Stellenbosch
Swellendam
Tembuland
Uitenhage
Victoria West
Vryburg
Willowmore
Wodehouse
Woodstock
Worcester
Wynberg
Natal
Durban Berea
Durban Greyville
Durban North
Durban Point
Durban Stamford Hill
Durban Umbilo
Durban Umlazi
Illovo
Klip River
Newcastle
Pietermaritzburg City
Pietermaritzburg District
South Coast
Vryheid
Weenen
Zululand
Orange Free State
Bethlehem
Bloemfontein City
Bloemfontein District
Boshof
Fauresmith
Frankfort
Harrismith
Heilbron
Hoopstad
Kroonstad
Ladybrand
Senekal
Smithfield
Vredefort
Winburg
Transvaal
Barberton
Benoni
Bethal
Bezuidenhout
Boksburg
Brakpan
Brits
Carolina
Christiana
Delarey
Ermelo
Fordsburg
Germiston North
Germiston South
Gezina
Heidelberg
Hospital
Jeppes
Johannesburg North
Johannesburg West
Kensington
Klerksdorp
Krugersdorp
Langlaagte
Lichtenburg
Losberg
Lydenburg
Marico
Middelburg
North East Rand
North Rand
Orange Grove
Parktown
Pietersburg
Potchefstroom
Potgietersrus
Pretoria Central
Pretoria City
Pretoria District
Pretoria East
Pretoria West
Roodepoort
Rosettenville
Rustenburg
Soutpansberg
Springs
Standerton
Swartruggens
Troyeville
Turffontein
Ventersdorp
Vereeniging
Von Brandis
Vrededorp
Wakkerstroom
Waterberg
Witbank
Wolmaransstad
Wonderboom
Yeoville
Notes
Sources Schoeman, B.M. (1977). Parlementêre verkiesings in Suid-Afrika 1910-1976. Pretoria: Aktuele Publikasies. Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa (1972). "House of Assembly" (vol. 5, pp. 617–636). Cape Town: Nasionale Opvoedkundige Uitgewery (Nasou). South Africa Government Gazette dated 1938-06-10 number 2534 (1938). Pretoria
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