1848 French legislative election in Senegal

Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Senegal between 30 October and 2 November 1848.

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Electoral system

The single Senegalese seat in the National Assembly was created by decree on 5 March 1848.[1] Following an order of 5 November 1830 and a law of 24 April 1833, all free-born people and freed slaves in the Four Communes in Senegal had full civic and political rights, the only French African colony to give such rights until the end of World War II.[1] The right to vote was given to all men over the age of 25 and who could prove they had lived in their municipality for the previous five years.[1] In total 4,706 men registered to vote.[1]

Campaign

The election was contested by three candidates; former Governor Léandre Bertin du Château, the creole Barthélémy Durand Valantin and Victor Schœlcher, a well-known anti-slavery activist. Although Schœlcher was on the ballot, he was not in Senegal at the time.[1]

Results
Candidate Votes %
Barthélémy Durand Valantin1,080
Léandre Bertin du Château648
Victor Schœlcher
Total2,071100
Registered voters/turnout4,70644.0
Source: Sternberger et al., National Assembly
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References
  1. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, pp1812−1813
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