1952 Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election

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
First College
Social and Economic Development59710
Other parties0
Invalid/blank votes
Total92910010
Registered voters/turnout1,58358.7
Second College
Voltaic Union122,81713
Social and Economic Action45,5028
Union for the Defence of the Interests of Upper Volta7
Rally of the French People18,6996
Independents of Lobi Country10,5503
Ethnic Party of Gourma3
African Democratic Rally2,4880
Other parties0
Invalid/blank votes
Total207,11210040
Registered voters/turnout351,51359.0
Source: De Benoist[1]

References

  1. Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p540–541
  2. Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali & Boureima Diamitani (2013) Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, Rowman & Littlefield, pxli
  3. Virginia Thompson & Richard Adloff (1958) French West Africa, Stanford University Press, p56
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