1872 Transvaal presidential election

1872

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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.^[1] The result was a victory for Thomas François Burgers,^[2] who defeated the "Afrikanerised" Englishman William Robinson,^[3] who had been supported by Paul Kruger.^[4] Burgers was sworn in as President on 27 June.^[5]

Results


Candidate	Votes	%
Thomas François Burgers	2,964	88.42
William Robinson	388	11.58
Total	3,352	100.00

Source: Debroey

References

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

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