Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election, 1957

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Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Upper Volta on 31 March 1957. The result was a victory for the Unified Democratic Party (an alliance of the Voltaic Democratic Union-African Democratic Rally and the Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses), which won 33 of the 68 seats in the Assembly.[1]

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Unified Democratic Party538,87655.533
Voltaic Democratic Movement226,59323.424
Entente Fada N'Gourma98,30110.15
African Popular Movement79,7438.25
Other parties12,3921.31
Independents14,1621.52
Invalid/blank votes15,117
Total985,18410070
Registered voters/turnout1,902,66851.8
Source: Sternberger et al

References

  1. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1585
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