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1896 Orange Free State presidential election

← 1893 February 1896

Nominee Martinus Theunis Steyn John G. Fraser Popular vote 6,877 1,367 Percentage 83.42% 16.58%

President before election Pieter Jeremias Blignaut (Acting) Elected President Martinus Theunis Steyn

Presidential elections were held in the Orange Free State in February 1896. They were held after the former President Francis William Reitz resigned due to bad health in 1895. The two candidates were High Court judge Martinus Theunis Steyn and John G. Fraser. Whilst Steyn supported the proposed merger of the Orange Free State and Transvaal, Fraser was in favour of closer links with the neighbouring Cape Colony and the United Kingdom.

The election resulted in a convincing win for Steyn, who received 83% of the vote. He was inaugurated as President on 4 March 1896 at the Dutch Reformed Church in Bloemfontein.

Results

References

1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Steyn, Martinus Theunis" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 915.
2. ^ M.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State South African History Online

v t e Elections and referendums in the Boer republics and South African colonial territories
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Griqualand West Parliamentary elections 1873
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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

• 1896 elections in Africa
• Elections in the Orange Free State
• 1896 in the Orange Free State