French legislative election, 1951 (Guinea)

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Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Guinea on 17 June 1951. The number of seats Guinea had in the Assembly had increased from two to three.[1] Suffrage was also extended, with the number of registered voters increasing from 131,309 in the 1946 election to 393,628 in 1951,[1] although voter turnout decreased from 73% to 57%.

The Socialist List of the Guinean Union won two seats (Yacine Diallo and Albert Liurette) with the Guinean Agreement winning the other (Mamba Sano).[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Socialist List of the Guinean Union67,64030.42
List of Independents48,24621.71
Democratic Union of Workers and Veterans31,97614.40
Guinean Union29,46213.30
French Union of Social and Democratic Action20,4619.20
Rally of the French People17,9018.10
Social and Economic Action4,4752.00
Independence of the Outre-mer2,1161.00
Invalid/blank votes1,905––
Total224,1821003
Registered voters/turnout393,62857.0–
Source: De Benoist

References

  1. 1 2 Schmidt, E Cold War and decolonization in Guinea, 1946-1958 p51
  2. ↑ Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p527
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