Elections to the French National Assembly were held Guinea on 2 January 1956, as part of the wider French elections. The Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally won two of the three seats (taken by Ahmed Sékou Touré and Saifoulaye Diallo) with the African Bloc of Guinea winning the other seat (Barry Diawadou).[1]
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party of Guinea | 346,716 | 61.70 | 2 | |
| African Bloc of Guinea | 146,543 | 26.08 | 1 | |
| DSG–SFIO | 55,385 | 9.86 | 0 | |
| Forest Independent List of Social and Economic Action | 13,303 | 2.37 | 0 | |
| Total | 561,947 | 100.00 | 3 | |
| Valid votes | 561,947 | 98.93 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 6,075 | 1.07 | ||
| Total votes | 568,022 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 975,119 | 58.25 | ||
| Source: Sternberger et al.,[2] De Benoist | ||||
References
edit- ^ Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p529
- ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p837