Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Upper Volta on 30 March 1952.[1] The result was a victory for the Voltaic Union (UV).[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]
Results
edit| Party | First College | Second College | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Voltaic Union | 122,817 | – | 13 | 13 | ||||
| Social and Economic Action | 45,502 | – | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Rally of the French People | 18,699 | – | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Independents of Lobi Country | 10,550 | – | 3 | 3 | ||||
| African Democratic Rally | 2,488 | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Social and Economic Development | 597 | 10 | 10 | |||||
| Union for the Defence of the Interests of Upper Volta | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| Ethnic Party of Gourma | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Other parties | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 10 | 40 | 50 | |||||
| Total votes | 929 | – | 207,112 | – | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,583 | 58.69 | 351,513 | 58.92 | ||||
| Source: De Benoist[1] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p540–541
- ^ 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