Elections to the South West African Legislative Assembly 1934

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The elections to the South West African Legislative Assembly in 1934 were the third (of nine) elections in the Mandate South West Africa . They took place on October 31, 1934.

Elections were made in 12 one-person constituencies. Only the white inhabitants were entitled to vote, not the black majority of the population. In addition to the 12 seats, the South African administrator of the mandate appointed 6 other MPs.

In the last election, the elections for the South West African Legislative Assembly in 1929 , the South African supporters of the United National South West Party (UNSWP) won 8 out of 12 seats. The German Confederation for South West Africa , which won the penultimate election, only won one constituency.

With the Economic League / Ekonomiese Bond (EL), a multi-ethnic party entered for the first time.

The NSDAP , which is active in South West Africa , held several public events in 1934, three in Windhoek , including one on the so-called Day of German Youth . This was intended to support the regional development of structures of the Hitler Youth . On July 11th, there were violent counter-actions by pro-unionists in front of the offices of both organizations. On October 29, 1934, based on Government Notice No. 141 of 1934 the ban on the NSDAP, whose activities were already severely restricted by an ordinance of the SWA Legislative Assembly of 1933. The HJ was banned by the SWA administrator in 1934 .

UNSWP and EL campaigned for South West Africa to be incorporated into the South African Union as the fifth province . After the elections, on the initiative of the South African government, the Van Zyl Commission was set up, through which the recommendation was made to incorporate South West Africa administratively as an "integral part" of the Union.

Election results by constituency

No. Constituency German Confederation UNSWP Independent Tbsp votes cast Constituency winner
1 Gibeon ./. Sole candidate ./. ./. ./. UNSWP
2 Gobabis ./. 415 ./. 210 625 UNSWP
3 Grootfontein ./. 139 273 ./. 412 Independent
4th Keetmanshoop ./. Sole candidate ./. ./. ./. UNSWP
5 Kolmanskop ./. Sole candidate ./. ./. ./. UNSWP
6th Lüderitz Bay 299 179 ./. ./. 478 DB ( Hans Hirsekorn )
7th Okahandja ./. 268 ./. 371 639 EL (van Aardt)
8th Otjiwarongo ./. 340 248 ./. 588 UNSWP
9 Swakopmund ./. ./. Sole candidate ./. ./. Independent
10 Warm bath ./. 265 98 ./. 363 UNSWP
11 Windhoek Central 259 266 ./. ./. 525 UNSWP
12 Windhoek District ./. 296 ./. 227 523 UNSWP

A total of 4136 votes were cast, of which 2208 were for the UNSWP, 259 for the German Confederation, 808 for the Economic Party and 1726 for independent candidates. Eight representatives of the UNSWP, one member each from the German Confederation and the Economic Party and two independents were elected to parliament. In addition, three representatives of the UNSWP and two Germans ( Hans Hörlein and John Meinert ) and the independent William Feldtmann were appointed.

literature

  • Zedekia Hgavirue: Political parties and interest groups in South West Africa (Namibia), 1972, 1997, ISBN 3-908193-00-1 , p. 301
  • Martin Eberhardt: Between National Socialism and Apartheid: The German Population Group of South West Africa 1915-1965, 2007, Diss., ISBN 978-3-8258-0225-7 , p. 279, online

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 1934 Legislative Assembly Election African Elections Database
  2. ^ A b André du Pisani: SWA / Namibia: The Politics of Continuity and Change . Johannesburg, 1986, p. 79
  3. ↑ Pisani, 1986, pp. 78-79
  4. ↑ Pisani, 1986, pp. 80-81