French Sudan parliamentary election, 1959

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Parliamentary elections were held in French Sudan on 8 March 1959. The result was a victory for the Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally (US-RDA), which won all 80 seats. Voter turnout was just 32.3%.^[1] The following year, French Sudan declared independence as Mali, and was declared a one-party state with the US-RDA as the sole legal party. As a result, these would be the last multi-party elections held in the country until 1992.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally	515,869	76.0	80
Sudanese Regroupment Party	162,906	24.0	0
Invalid/blank votes	14,560	–	–
Total	693,335	100	80
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p578 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

Elections and referendums in Mali

Presidential elections	1979 1985 1992 1997 2002 2007 2013

Parliamentary elections	1925 1946 1952 1957 1959 1964 1979 1982 1985 1988 1992 1997 (Apr) 1997 (Jul) 2002 2007 2013

French elections	1945 1946 (Jun) 1946 (Nov) 1951 1956 (Jan) 1956 (Jul)

Referendums	1945 1946 (May) 1946 (Oct) 1958 1974 1992

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