Chadian Territorial Assembly election, 1952
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Territorial Assembly elections were held in Chad on 30 March 1952.[1] The result was a victory for Gaullist parties,[2] with the Rally of the French People winning all 15 seats in the First College and the Chadian Democratic Union winning 24 of the 30 seats in the Second College.
Electoral system
The 45-seat Territorial Assembly had 15 seats elected by the first college in two constituencies, and 30 seats elected by the second college in ten constituencies.[3]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats |
---|---|---|---|
First College | |||
Rally of the French People | 699 | 70.68 | 15 |
Social and Economic Action | 165 | 16.68 | 0 |
Independents and Union of Chad | 94 | 9.50 | 0 |
Defence of Economic Interests | 31 | 3.13 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 26 | – | – |
Total | 1,015 | 100 | 15 |
Registered voters/turnout | 3,582 | 28.34 | – |
Second College | |||
Chadian Democratic Union | 117,069 | 72.36 | 24 |
Civic Action Front of Chad | 33,769 | 20.87 | 6 |
Independent Socialist Party of Chad | 3,796 | 2.35 | 0 |
Defence of the Regional Interests of Ouaddaï | 1,125 | 0.70 | 0 |
Franco-Kanembou Union | 1,013 | 0.63 | 0 |
Independents | 5,006 | 3.09 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 1,826 | – | – |
Total | 163,604 | 100 | 30 |
Registered voters/turnout | 307,434 | 53.22 | – |
Source: Lanne |
References
- ↑ Bernard Lanne (1998) Histoire politique du Tchad de 1945 à 1958: administration, partis, élections, KARTHALA Editions, p188
- ↑ Edward Mortimer (1969) France and the Africans 1944–1960: A political history, Faber, p175
- ↑ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, pp2219–2220 (in German)
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