Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Chad and Ubangi-Shari on 2 January 1956. The territories elected four seats to the Assembly via two electoral colleges; the first college spanned both territories and elected one seat, whilst Chad elected two seats via the second college and Ubangi-Shari one. René Malbrant was re-elected from the first college and Barthélémy Boganda from the second college in Ubangi-Shari.[1] In the second college in Chad the Chadian Union and Chadian Social Action won one seat each,[2] taken by Gabriel Lisette and Arabi el Goni respectively.[3]
Results
First college
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
René Malbrant | 2,852 | 66.5 |
René Appaix | 881 | 20.5 |
André Vazel | 559 | 13.0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 249 | – |
Total | 4,541 | 100 |
Registered voters/turnout | 6,176 | 73.5 |
Source: Sternberger et al. |
Second college
Ubangi-Shari
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Barthélemy Boganda | 155,952 | 88.5 |
Jean-Baptiste Songo-Mali | 20,230 | 11.5 |
Invalid/blank votes | 4,881 | – |
Total | 181,063 | 100 |
Registered voters/turnout | 271,577 | 66.7 |
Source: Sternberger et al. |
References
- ↑ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p2465 (in German)
- ↑ Sternberger et al., p2240
- ↑ Bernard Lanne (1998) Histoire politique du Tchad de 1945 à 1958: administration, partis, élections, KARTHALA Editions, p246
- ↑ Lanne, p244