[[Stemmeret]] havde frem til 1978 kun de, som ifølge racelovene tilhørte den [[Hvid (hudfarve)|hvide race]]. [[Nationalistpartiet (Sydvestafrika)|Sydvestafrikas nationalistparti]] vandt samtlige eller næsten samtlige mandater ved alle parlamentsvalgene i årene 1950-1978. I 1978 afholdtes et [[valgfusk|fusket]] men etnisk inklusivt valg, som blev vundet overlegent af den moderate oppositionsalliance [[Democratic Turnhalle Alliance]] men bojkottedes af blandt andre SWAPO.<ref>{{Cite book |last1 = Okoth |first1 = Assa |title = A History of Africa: African nationalism and the de-colonisation process [1915-1995] |url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=suMvEWjK-OcC&pg=PA195&dq=%22democratic+turnhalle+alliance%22+election+1978&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6uTrUaiwMuav7AaPo4HYDQ&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22democratic%20turnhalle%20alliance%22%20election%201978&f=false |volume = 2 |year = 2006 |publisher = East African Publishers |isbn = 9966253580 |page = 195 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.klausdierks.com/Geschichte/120.htm |title = Chronology of Namibian History, 1978 |last1 = Dierks |first1 = Klaus |author-link1 = Klaus Dierks |publisher = klausdierks.com |access-date = 21. juli 2013 }}</ref> I 1983 indførte Sydafrika direkte styre, den valgte regionale regering afsattes og ingen valg afholdtes i Sydvestafrika under apartheidstyret.<ref>{{Cite book |last1 = Nohlen |first1 = Dieter |last2 = Krennerich |first2 = Michael |last3 = Thibaut |first3 = Bernhard |title = Elections in Africa: a data handbook |url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9v1MnKYHSLoC&pg=PA660&dq=%22democratic+turnhalle+alliance%22+election+1978&hl=en&ei=4DxvTr_sH4mVOv-psZ4J&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22democratic%20turnhalle%20alliance%22%20election%201978&f=false |access-date = 13. september 2011 |year = 1999 |publisher = Oxford University Press |isbn = 0-19-829645-2 |page = 660 }}</ref>
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