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
editThe 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
edit| Party | First College | Second College | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Chadian Democratic Union | 117,069 | 72.36 | 24 | 24 | ||||
| Civic Action Front of Chad | 33,769 | 20.87 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Independent Socialist Party of Chad | 3,796 | 2.35 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Defence of the Regional Interests of Ouaddaï | 1,125 | 0.70 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Franco-Kanembou Union | 1,013 | 0.63 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rally of the French People | 699 | 70.68 | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Social and Economic Action | 165 | 16.68 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Independents and Union of Chad | 94 | 9.50 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Defence of Economic Interests | 31 | 3.13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Independents | 5,006 | 3.09 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 989 | 100.00 | 15 | 161,778 | 100.00 | 30 | 45 | |
| Valid votes | 989 | 97.44 | 161,778 | 98.88 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 26 | 2.56 | 1,826 | 1.12 | ||||
| Total votes | 1,015 | 100.00 | 163,604 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,582 | 28.34 | 307,434 | 53.22 | ||||
| Source: Lanne | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ 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)