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F. 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"", "description": "won 11/40 seats in the 1969 Coloured Persons’ Representative Council Election, in the Post-Apartheid Era the party only received 0.1% in the 1994 National Assembly Election", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6442, "name_short": "NPP", "name": "National People’s Party", "name_english": "National People’s Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1969, "year_last": 1989, "share": 25.2, "share_year": 1989, "wikipedia": "", "description": "\"Indians Only\" Elections", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5252, "name_short": "HG", "name": "Hertzog Group", "name_english": "Hertzog Group", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1940, "year_last": 1940, "share": 24.8, "share_year": 1939, "wikipedia": "", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 1038, "name_short": "DA", "name": "Democratic Alliance", "name_english": "Democratic Alliance", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1990, "year_last": "", "share": 16.7, 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