1951 French legislative election in Dahomey
Elections to the French National Assembly were held in French Dahomey on 17 June 1951. The territory elected two seats to the Assembly, which were won by Sourou-Migan Apithy of the List of the French Union and Hubert Maga of the Ethnic Group of the North.[1][2] Voter turnout was 44.3%.
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Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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List of the French Union | 53,463 | 36.79 | 1 | |
Ethnic Group of the North | 49,329 | 33.94 | 1 | |
Dahomeyan Progressive Union | 18,410 | 12.67 | 0 | |
Independent of Political Parties | 10,161 | 6.99 | 0 | |
African People's Bloc | 8,686 | 5.98 | 0 | |
Rally of the French People | 5,284 | 3.64 | 0 | |
Total | 145,333 | 100.00 | 2 | |
Valid votes | 145,333 | 98.63 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,017 | 1.37 | ||
Total votes | 147,350 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 332,867 | 44.27 | ||
Source: Sternberger et al. |
References
- Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p530 (in German)
- Database of French MPs since 1789 Archived 2014-08-14 at the Wayback Machine National Assembly
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