Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election, 1952
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Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Upper Volta on 30 March 1948.[1] The result was a victory for the Voltaic Union (UV).[2]
Electoral system
The Territorial Assembly had 50 seats, with 10 elected by the First College (French citizens) and 40 by the Second College (non-French citizens).[3]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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| First College | |||
| Social and Economic Development | 597 | 10 | |
| Other parties | 0 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | |
| Total | 929 | 100 | 10 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,583 | 58.7 | – |
| Second College | |||
| Voltaic Union | 122,817 | 13 | |
| Social and Economic Action | 45,502 | 8 | |
| Union for the Defence of the Interests of Upper Volta | 7 | ||
| Rally of the French People | 18,699 | 6 | |
| Independents of Lobi Country | 10,550 | 3 | |
| Ethnic Party of Gourma | 3 | ||
| African Democratic Rally | 2,488 | 0 | |
| Other parties | 0 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | |
| Total | 207,112 | 100 | 40 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 351,513 | 59.0 | – |
| Source: De Benoist[1] | |||
References
- 1 2 Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p540–541
- ↑ Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali & Boureima Diamitani (2013) Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, Rowman & Littlefield, pxli
- ↑ Virginia Thompson & Richard Adloff (1958) French West Africa, Stanford University Press, p56
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