1951 French legislative election in Senegal
Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Senegal on 17 June 1951 as part of the wider French elections. Two members were elected from the territory, both of which were won by the Senegalese Democratic Bloc.[1] Abbas Gueye and Léopold Sédar Senghor were the two elected members.
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Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/− |
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Senegalese Democratic Bloc | 213,407 | 67.8 | 2 | New |
French Section of the Workers' International | 96,469 | 30.6 | 0 | −2 |
Rally of the French People | 5,033 | 1.6 | 0 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | 1,485 | − | − | − |
Total | 316,166 | 100 | 2 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 665,280 | 47.5 | − | − |
Source: Sternberger et al. |
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References
- Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1857
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