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(Redirected from Gesuiwerde Nasionale Party) Former South African political party

The Purified National Party (Afrikaans: Gesuiwerde Nasionale Party) was a break away from Hertzog's National Party which lasted from 1935 to 1948.

Purified National Party Gesuiwerde Nasionale Party
AbbreviationGNP
LeaderD. F. Malan
Founded1935; 89 years ago (1935)
Dissolved1939; 85 years ago (1939)
Preceded byNational Party
Merged intoReunited (Herenigde) National Party
IdeologyConservatism
Afrikaner nationalism
Political positionCentre-right

In 1935 the main portion of the National Party, led by J. B. M. Hertzog, merged with the South African Party of Jan Smuts to form the United Party. A hardline faction of Afrikaner nationalists, led by D. F. Malan, strongly opposed the merger. Malan and 19 other MPs defected to form the Purified National Party, which he led for the next fourteen years in opposition. Their Federale Raad (Federal Council) met in Bloemfontein to work out their own political program on 5 July 1935.

In 1939 the question of South African participation in World War II caused a split in the United Party. Hertzog's Nationalist wing broke away and merged with the Purified National Party to form the Reunited (Herenigde) National Party. This party went on to defeat the United Party in the 1948 general election.

Election results

Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Result
1938 D. F. Malan 259,543 31.31% 27 / 150 Decrease 48 Decrease 2nd Opposition

References

  1. Davenport, Thomas Rodney Hope (1 January 1977). South Africa, A Modern History. Cambridge Commonwealth series. MacMillan. ISBN 978-0333179611.
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