1952 Mauritanian Territorial Assembly election
Territorial Assembly elections were held in Mauritania on 30 March 1952.[1] The result was a victory for the Mauritanian Progressive Union, which won 22 of the 24 seats.[2]
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Electoral system
The Territorial Assembly was elected by two colleges; the first college elected 8 members and the second 16.[3]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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| First College | |||
| Union for the Defence of Mauritania and the French Union | 277 | 5 | |
| French Union | 183 | 3 | |
| Other parties | 0 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | |
| Total | 647 | 100 | 8 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,020 | 63.4 | – |
| Second College | |||
| Mauritanian Progressive Union | 31,644 | 12 | |
| Mauritanian Entente | 10,937 | 1 | |
| Other parties | 0 | ||
| Independents | 5,697 | 3 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | |
| Total | 61,597 | 100 | 16 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 130,441 | 47.2 | – |
| Source: De Benoist[1] | |||
References
- Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p541
- Mauritania: Postwar Reforms Library of Congress Country Studies
- Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1364
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