South African general election, 1989

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event in South African history general election parliamentary election

The South African general election of 1989 was the last whites-only parliamentary election held under apartheid, marking a turning point that led to negotiations to end minority rule and transition to democracy.

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Label	Occurrences
South African general election, 1989 canonical	3
1989 South African general election	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in South African history ⓘ general election ⓘ parliamentary election ⓘ
associatedWith	release of Nelson Mandela in 1990 ⓘ unbanning of liberation movements in 1990 ⓘ
context	Cold War era politics in Southern Africa ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
date	6 September 1989 ⓘ
electoralBody	Coloured electorate for House of Representatives ⓘ Indian electorate for House of Delegates ⓘ white electorate for House of Assembly ⓘ
electoralIssue	international sanctions and isolation of South Africa ⓘ reform of apartheid system ⓘ security and conflict in townships ⓘ
electoralSystem	whites-only parliamentary election under apartheid ⓘ
excludedFromFranchise	Black African majority ⓘ
followedBy	South African general election, 1994 ⓘ
historicalSignificance	last whites-only parliamentary election in South Africa ⓘ marked beginning of the end of apartheid political order ⓘ
leaderOfWinningParty	F. W. de Klerk ⓘ
ledTo	formal negotiations with the African National Congress ⓘ negotiations to end minority rule ⓘ
legalFramework	South African Constitution of 1983 ⓘ
legislativeBodyElected	House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa ⓘ surface form: House of Assembly of South Africa House of Delegates of South Africa ⓘ House of Representatives of South Africa ⓘ
location	South Africa ⓘ surface form: Republic of South Africa
mainGoverningPartyAfterElection	National Party (South Africa) ⓘ surface form: National Party
mainGoverningPartyBeforeElection	National Party (South Africa) ⓘ surface form: National Party
mainOppositionParty	Conservative Party (South Africa) ⓘ Democratic Party (South Africa) ⓘ
partOf	apartheid era in South Africa ⓘ
pavedWayFor	Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) ⓘ first non-racial democratic elections in 1994 ⓘ Interim Constitution of South Africa, 1993 ⓘ surface form: interim Constitution of South Africa
precededBy	South African general election, 1987 ⓘ
previousStatePresident	P. W. Botha ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection	F. W. de Klerk ⓘ
resultedIn	renewed mandate for reform-oriented National Party leadership ⓘ
statePresidentAfterElection	F. W. de Klerk ⓘ
tookPlaceIn	Tricameral Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
tookPlaceUnder	apartheid system ⓘ
turningPointIn	transition from apartheid to democracy ⓘ
typeOfFranchise	racially segregated franchise ⓘ
votingRestrictedTo	Coloured population (House of Representatives) ⓘ Indian population (House of Delegates) ⓘ white population (House of Assembly) ⓘ
wonBy	National Party (South Africa) ⓘ surface form: National Party

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Party (South Africa) → participatedIn → South African general election, 1989 ⓘ

South African general election, 1994 → follows → South African general election, 1989 ⓘ

South African general election, 1987 → followedBy → South African general election, 1989 ⓘ

Tricameral Parliament of South Africa → lastElection → South African general election, 1989 ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1989 South African general election