1948 Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election
Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Upper Volta on 30 May 1948, with a second round on 20 June.[1] They were the first elections to the new Territorial Assembly, which had been created following the separation of Upper Volta from Ivory Coast the previous year.[2]
Electoral system
editThe Territorial Assembly had 50 seats, with 10 elected by the First College (French citizens) and 40 by the Second College (non-French citizens).[3] The 1948 elections elected an additional 24 seats; six to the first college and 16 to the second.[1]
Campaign
editGovernor Albert Mouragues was accused of favouring the Voltaic Union over the African Democratic Rally-affiliated Entente Voltaïque (EV),[2] with some commandants "using strong-arm methods" against the EV candidates, whilst a significant number of EV supporters were imprisoned.[4]
Results
edit| Party | First round | Second round | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| First College | ||||||||
| Rally of the French People | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Union List | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Total | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Total votes | 784 | – | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,382 | 56.73 | ||||||
| Second College | ||||||||
| Voltaic Union | 7 | 3 | 10 | |||||
| African Democratic Rally | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Community of Yatenga | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| AC | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 11 | 5 | 16 | |||||
| Total votes | 78,895 | – | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 137,293 | 57.46 | ||||||
| Source: De Benoist | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p538
- ^ a b Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali & Boureima Diamitani (2013) Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, Rowman & Littlefield, pxli
- ^ Virginia Thompson & Richard Adloff (1958) French West Africa, Stanford University Press, p56
- ^ Thompson & Adloff, p175