1951 French legislative election in Dahomey

Elections to the French National Assembly were held in French Dahomey on 17 June 1951. The territory elected two seats to the Assembly, which were won by Sourou-Migan Apithy of the Liste de l'Union Française and Hubert Maga of the Ethnic Group of the North.[1][2] Voter turnout was 44.3%.

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Results

Party Votes % Seats
Liste de l'Union Française53,46336.81
Ethnic Group of the North49,32933.91
Dahomeyan Progressive Union18,41012.70
Independent of Political Parties10,1617.00
African People's Bloc8,6866.00
Rally of the French People5,2843.60
Invalid/blank votes2,017
Total147,3501002
Registered voters/turnout332,86744.3
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

  1. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p530 (in German)
  2. Database of French MPs since 1789 Archived 2014-08-14 at the Wayback Machine National Assembly
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