1955 French Togoland Territorial Assembly election
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Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Togoland on 12 June 1955. The Togolese Party of Progress and the Union of Chiefs and Peoples of the North both won 15 of the 30 seats.[1] The Committee of Togolese Unity boycotted the elections.[2]
Results
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Union of Chiefs and Peoples of the North | 79,876 | 53.80 | 15 | 0 | |
| Togolese Party of Progress | 66,500 | 44.79 | 15 | +11 | |
| Togolese People's Movement | 2,089 | 1.41 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 148,465 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 148,465 | 94.81 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 8,125 | 5.19 | |||
| Total votes | 156,590 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 190,053 | 82.39 | |||
| Source: Sternberger et al. | |||||
References
edit- ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p2203
- ^ Harris M. Lentz (2014) Heads of States and Governments Since 1945, Routledge, p753