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The 1920 South African general election was held for the 134 seats in the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa on 20 March 1920. This was for the third Union Parliament.The National Party (NP) won the largest number of seats but not a majority. The South African Party (SAP) minority government continued in office with Unionist Party support in Parliament. This was the third successive term of SAP government but only the second period with General Jan Smuts as Prime Minister.