1948 Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election
Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Upper Volta on 30 May 1948, with a second round on 20 June.[1] They were the first elections to the new Territorial Assembly, which had been created following the separation of Upper Volta from Ivory Coast the previous year.[2]
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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] The 1948 elections elected an additional 24 seats; six to the first college and 16 to the second.[1]
Campaign
Governor Albert Mouragues was accused of favouring the Voltaic Union over the African Democratic Rally-affiliated Entente Voltaïque (EV),[2] with some commandants "using strong-arm methods" against the EV candidates, whilst a significant number of EV supporters were imprisoned.[4]
Results
Party | First round | Second round | Total seats | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
First College | |||||||
Rally of the French People | 3 | 3 | |||||
Union List | 3 | 3 | |||||
Total | 784 | 100 | 6 | – | – | – | 6 |
Registered voters/turnout | 1,382 | 56.7 | – | – | – | – | – |
Second College | |||||||
Voltaic Union | 7 | 3 | 10 | ||||
African Democratic Rally | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
Community of Yatenga | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
AC | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Total | 78,895 | 100 | 11 | 5 | 16 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 137,293 | 57.4 | – | – | – | ||
Source: De Benoist |
References
- Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p538
- 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
- Thompson & Adloff, p175