Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Mauritania on 10 November 1946. Previously Mauritania had elected MPs in a single joint constituency with neighbouring Senegal, but the new 1946 constitution had separated the two territories politically, giving Mauritania one seat in the Assembly.[1] The result was a victory for Horma Ould Babana, a member of the French Section of the Workers' International.[2] His opponents were Yvon Razac, a member of the MRP and the candidate favored by the French government and traditional Moorish leaders,[3][2] and Souleymane Diop, an independent.
Results
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horma Ould Babana | French Section of the Workers' International | 6,177 | 65.36 | |
| Yvon Razac | Popular Republican Movement | 3,209 | 33.95 | |
| Souleymane Diop | Independent | 65 | 0.69 | |
| Total | 9,451 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 9,451 | 99.08 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 88 | 0.92 | ||
| Total votes | 9,539 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 16,271 | 58.63 | ||
| Source: French National Assembly, Thompson & Adloff[4] | ||||
References
edit- ^ Mauritania: Postwar Reforms Library of Congress Country Studies
- ^ a b Babana Horma - National Assembly
- ^ Devey, Muriel (2005). La Mauritanie. KARTHALA Editions. p. 146.
- ^ Virginia Thompson & Richard Adloff (1958) French West Africa, Stanford University Press, p59
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