1945 French legislative election in Chad–Ubangi-Shari

Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Chad and Ubangi-Shari on 21 October 1945. The territories elected two seats to the Assembly via two electoral colleges. René Malbrant was elected from the first college and Guy de Boissoudy in the second,[1] both of whom were members of the Chadian Democratic Union.[2]

Campaign

World War II had seen Chad become a territory whose primary political sentiment was loyalty to Charles de Gaulle; it had been recognised with numerous accolades for being the first territory to respond to his Appeal of 18 June, and had also been used as a base for Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque's desert campaign.[2] As a result, the Gaullist Chadian Democratic Union found it easy to recruit African members, despite its conservative views on African rights. The party put up European candidates for both college seats; Malbrant was a vet and de Boissoudy a colonel.[2]

Results

Candidate	Votes	%
First College
René Malbrant	663	79.9
Marcel Tournade	110	13.3
Georges Nègre	40	4.8
Baptiste Bannister	17	2.0
Invalid/blank votes	76	–
Total	906	100
Registered voters/turnout	1,361	66.6
Second College
Guy de Boissoudy	3,045	58.8
Aristide Issembé	1,162	22.5
Pierre Indo	656	12.5
Sekou Diarra	186	3.6
Frédéric Granier	134	2.6
Invalid/blank votes	58	–
Total	5,241	100
Registered voters/turnout	6,858	76.4
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

1. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p2464 (in German)
2. Edward Mortimer (1969) France and the Africans 1944–1960: A political history, Faber, p65