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1896 Orange Free State presidential election

Field	Value
country	Orange Free State
type	presidential
previous_election	1893 Orange Free State presidential election
previous_year	1893
election_date	February 1896
image1	Marthinus Steyn, Orange Free State president.jpg
nominee1	Martinus Theunis Steyn
popular_vote1	6,877
percentage1	83.42%
image2	3x4.svg
nominee2	John G. Fraser
popular_vote2	1,367
percentage2	16.58%
title	President
before_election	Pieter Jeremias Blignaut
(Acting)
after_election	Martinus Theunis Steyn

(Acting)

Presidential elections were held in the Orange Free State in February 1896. They were held after the former President Francis William Reitz resigned due to bad health in 1895. The two candidates were High Court judge Martinus Theunis Steyn and John G. Fraser. Whilst Steyn supported the proposed merger of the Orange Free State and Transvaal, Fraser was in favour of closer links with the neighbouring Cape Colony and the United Kingdom.

The election resulted in a convincing win for Steyn, who received 83% of the vote. He was inaugurated as president on 4 March 1896 at the Dutch Reformed Church in Bloemfontein.

Results

References

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[http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/mt-steyn-sworn-president-orange-free-state M.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State] South African History Online

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