1956 French legislative election in Dahomey
Elections to the French National Assembly were held in French Dahomey on 2 January 1956. The territory elected two seats to the Assembly, which were won by Sourou-Migan Apithy of the Republican Party of Dahomey and Hubert Maga of the Ethnic Group of the North.[1][2] Voter turnout was 47.4%.
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Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Republican Party of Dahomey | 64,344 | 35.9 | 1 |
| Ethnic Group of the North | 60,601 | 33.8 | 1 |
| Dahomeyan Democratic Union | 40,624 | 22.7 | 0 |
| Independent of Political Parties | 10,580 | 5.9 | 0 |
| Defence of Economic Interests | 2,970 | 1.7 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,099 | – | – |
| Total | 182,218 | 100 | 2 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 384,643 | 47.4 | – |
| Source: Sternberger et al. | |||
References
- Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p530 (in German)
- Database of French MPs since 1789 Archived 2014-08-14 at the Wayback Machine National Assembly
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