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
Republican Party of Dahomey64,34435.91
Ethnic Group of the North60,60133.81
Dahomeyan Democratic Union40,62422.70
Independent of Political Parties10,5805.90
Defence of Economic Interests2,9701.70
Invalid/blank votes3,099––
Total182,2181002
Registered voters/turnout384,64347.4–
Source: Sternberger et al.
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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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