1957 Ubangi-Shari Territorial Assembly election

Territorial Assembly elections were held in Ubangi-Shari on 31 March 1957. The first and second college system for giving separate seats to Europeans and Africans was scrapped, and all 50 seats elected by universal suffrage.[1] The result was a victory for the Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa led by Barthélémy Boganda, which won all 50 seats.

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Results

Party Votes % Seats
Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa348,35250
Social Evolution of Haute-Sangha0
Haute-Sangha Independents0
Ouaka list0
Invalid/blank votes
Total365,55010050
Registered voters/turnout622,38458.7
Source: Sternberger et al.[2]
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References

  1. Parliament of the Central African Republic Archived 2012-07-18 at Archive.today Juan Fandos-Rius
  2. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p2466 (in German)
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