1952 Chadian Territorial Assembly election
Territorial Assembly elections were held in Chad on 30 March 1952.[1] The result was a victory for Gaullist parties,[2] with the Rally of the French People winning all 15 seats in the First College and the Chadian Democratic Union winning 24 of the 30 seats in the Second College.
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Electoral system
The 45-seat Territorial Assembly had 15 seats elected by the first college in two constituencies, and 30 seats elected by the second college in ten constituencies.[3]
Results
Party | First College | Second College | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Chadian Democratic Union | 117,069 | 72.36 | 24 | 24 | ||||
Civic Action Front of Chad | 33,769 | 20.87 | 6 | 6 | ||||
Independent Socialist Party of Chad | 3,796 | 2.35 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Defence of the Regional Interests of Ouaddaï | 1,125 | 0.70 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Franco-Kanembou Union | 1,013 | 0.63 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Rally of the French People | 699 | 70.68 | 15 | 15 | ||||
Social and Economic Action | 165 | 16.68 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Independents and Union of Chad | 94 | 9.50 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Defence of Economic Interests | 31 | 3.13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Independents | 5,006 | 3.09 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 989 | 100.00 | 15 | 161,778 | 100.00 | 30 | 45 | |
Valid votes | 989 | 97.44 | 161,778 | 98.88 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 26 | 2.56 | 1,826 | 1.12 | ||||
Total votes | 1,015 | 100.00 | 163,604 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 3,582 | 28.34 | 307,434 | 53.22 | ||||
Source: Lanne |
References
- Bernard Lanne (1998) Histoire politique du Tchad de 1945 à 1958: administration, partis, élections, KARTHALA Editions, p188
- Edward Mortimer (1969) France and the Africans 1944–1960: A political history, Faber, p175
- Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, pp2219–2220 (in German)
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