Botha formed a minority government, which survived with some parliamentary support from the official opposition Unionist Party.

[1] The South Africa Act 1909 had provided for a delimitation commission to define the boundaries for each electoral division.

In the 122 contested constituencies, the candidates nominated included 86 SAP, 83 NP, 39 Unionist and 49 Labour.

[3] General Botha stood for a policy of conciliation between Afrikaans and English speaking white people.

General Hertzog led a republican party which supported a two streams policy – the two white races developing separately.