1956 French legislative election in Guinea
Elections to the French National Assembly were held Guinea on 2 January 1956, as part of the wider French elections. The Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally won two of the three seats (taken by Ahmed Sékou Touré and Saifoulaye Diallo) with the African Bloc of Guinea winning the other seat (Barry Diawadou).[1]
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Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally | 346,716 | 61.7 | 2 |
African Bloc of Guinea | 146,543 | 26.1 | 1 |
DSG–SFIO | 55,358 | 9.9 | 0 |
Forest Independent List of Social and Economic Action | 13,303 | 2.3 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 6,075 | – | – |
Total | 568,022 | 100 | 3 |
Registered voters/turnout | 975,119 | 58.3 | – |
Source: Sternberger et al.,[2] de Benoist |
References
- Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p529
- Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p837
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