1952 Dahomeyan Territorial Assembly election

Elections for the Territorial Assembly were held in French Dahomey on 30 March 1952. Sourou-Migan Apithy's Republican Party of Dahomey won 19 of the 32 second college seats.[1] Only ten members of the Legislative Council elected in 1947 were re-elected.[2]

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Background

The Legislative Council had been created as part of the constitutional reforms that created French Fourth Republic. In 1952 it was converted into the Territorial Assembly, and was enlarged from 30 to 50 seats. The Assembly was elected by two electoral colleges; 18 by the first electoral college and 32 by the second.[3]

Results
PartyVotes%Seats
First College
Union for the Defence of the General Interests of Dahomey48412
Centre Union793
Union for the Defence of Economic and Social Interests612
Other parties0
Independents3261
Total18
Total votes1,338–
Registered voters/turnout2,13062.82
Second College
Republican Party of Dahomey52,20019
Ethnic Group of the North42,4279
African People's Bloc5,7974
Dahomeyan Progressive Union0
Other parties0
Total32
Total votes127,166–
Registered voters/turnout316,54740.17
Source: De Benoist[4]

References
  1. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Ereste Halbband, p530 (in German)
  2. Virginia Thompson & Richard Adloff (1958) French West Africa, Stanford University Press, p66
  3. Mathurin C Houngnikpo & Samuel Decalo (2012) Historical Dictionary of Benin, Scarecrow Press, p63
  4. Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p540
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