1854 Cape Colony parliamentary election

1854 Cape Colony parliamentary election
January to May 1854
All 46 seats in the Assembly (lower house)
24 seats are needed for a majority
All 15 seats in the Council (upper house)
8 seats are needed for a majority
Provinces and electoral districts.

The first election for the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope was held in 1854. There were no clear party lines, however many representatives for Eastern electoral districts subscribed to a common programme which emphasised separation from the Cape Colony or moving the seat of colonial government eastward, a vagrancy law, or increasing the property qualification part of the franchise (which would have reduced the number of non-Whites able to vote).

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