Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election, 1952

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Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Upper Volta in March 1948. The result was a victory for the Voltaic Union (UV).[1]

Electoral system

The Territorial Assembly had 50 seats, with 10 elected by the First College (French citizens) and 40 by the Second College (non-French citizens).[2]

The First College had 1,583 registered voters, whilst the second college had 351,115.[3]

Results

The UV emerged as the largest party with 20 seats.[4] The Rally of the French People (which won six seats in the First College)[5] in second place and the African Democratic Rally-affiliated Voltaic Democratic Party in third.[1]

Voter turnout was 57.2% in the First College (905 voters) and 56.1% in the Second College (207,112 voters).[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali & Boureima Diamitani (2013) Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, Rowman & Littlefield, pxli
  2. ↑ Virginia Thompson & Richard Adloff (1958) French West Africa, Stanford University Press, p56
  3. 1 2 Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1584 (German)
  4. ↑ Pierre Englebert (1996) Burkina Faso: Unsteady Statehood in West Africa, Westview Press, p30
  5. ↑ Edward Mortimer (1969) France and the Africans 1944–1960: A political history, Faber, p176
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