1959 French Sudan parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in French Sudan on 8 March 1959. The result was a victory for the Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally (US-RDA), which won all 80 seats. Voter turnout was just 32.3%.[1] The following year, French Sudan declared independence as Mali, and was declared a one-party state with the US-RDA as the sole legal party. As a result, these would be the last multi-party elections held in the country until 1992.
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally | 515,869 | 76.00 | 80 | +23 | |
| Sudanese Regroupment Party | 162,906 | 24.00 | 0 | –6 | |
| Total | 678,775 | 100.00 | 80 | +10 | |
| Valid votes | 678,775 | 97.90 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 14,560 | 2.10 | |||
| Total votes | 693,335 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,148,667 | 32.27 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p578 ISBN 0-19-829645-2