1951 French legislative election in Dahomey
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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%.
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