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1872 Transvaal presidential election

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Nominee Thomas François Burgers William Robinson Popular vote 2,964 388 Percentage 88.42% 11.58%

President before election Daniel Jacobus Erasmus (Acting) Elected President Thomas François Burgers

Presidential elections were held in the South African Republic in 1872. The result was a victory for Thomas François Burgers, who defeated the "Afrikanerised" Englishman William Robinson, who had been supported by Paul Kruger. Burgers was sworn in as President on 27 June.

Results

References

1. John Noble (1896) Illustrated official handbook of the Cape and South Africa J.C. Juta & Co, p463
2. Steven Debroey (1989) South Africa to the sources of apartheid
3. Marq De Villiers (1988) White tribe dreaming: apartheid's bitter roots as witnessed by eight generations of an Afrikaner family Viking
4. Jeremy Lawrence (2001) Buccaneer: a biography of Sir Joseph Benjamin Robinson, first Baronet Gryphon Press, p48
5. Alan Patrick Cartwright (1973) Valley of gold Timmins, p25

v t e Elections and referendums in the Boer republics and South African colonial territories
Cape Colony Parliamentary elections 1854 1858–59 1862 1866 1870 1874 1878–79 1884 1888–89 1891 1894 1898 1903 1904 1908
Griqualand West Parliamentary elections 1873
Natalia Republic and Natal Parliamentary elections 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1857 1859 1880 1883 1892 1893 1897 1901 1902 1906 Referendums 1909
Orange Free State Presidential elections 1854 1855 1860 1863 1868 1873 1878 1883 1888 1893 1896 Parliamentary elections 1854 1907
Transvaal Presidential elections 1872 1883 1888 1893 1898 Parliamentary elections 1855 1856 1893 1907
See also: Elections in South Africa

• Elections in Transvaal
• 1872 elections in Africa
• 1872 in the South African Republic
• 1870s in Transvaal