1951 French legislative election in Guinea
Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Guinea on 17 June 1951. The number of seats Guinea had in the Assembly had increased from two to three.[1] Suffrage was also extended, with the number of registered voters increasing from 131,309 in the 1946 election to 393,628 in 1951,[1] although voter turnout decreased from 73% to 57%.
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The Socialist List of the Guinean Union won two seats (Yacine Diallo and Albert Liurette) with the Guinean Agreement winning the other (Mamba Sano).[2]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist List of the Guinean Union | 67,640 | 30.43 | 2 | |
| List of Independents | 48,246 | 21.71 | 1 | |
| Democratic Union of Workers and Veterans | 31,976 | 14.39 | 0 | |
| Guinean Union | 29,462 | 13.25 | 0 | |
| French Union of Social and Democratic Action | 20,461 | 9.21 | 0 | |
| Rally of the French People | 17,901 | 8.05 | 0 | |
| Social and Economic Action | 4,475 | 2.01 | 0 | |
| Independence of the Outre-mer | 2,116 | 0.95 | 0 | |
| Total | 222,277 | 100.00 | 3 | |
| Valid votes | 222,277 | 99.15 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,905 | 0.85 | ||
| Total votes | 224,182 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 393,628 | 56.95 | ||
| Source: De Benoist | ||||
References
- Schmidt, E Cold War and decolonization in Guinea, 1946-1958 p51
- Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p527
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