1872 Transvaal presidential election
1872
 
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

CandidateVotes%
Thomas François Burgers2,96488.42
William Robinson38811.58
Total3,352100.00
Source: Debroey

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
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