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%.
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party of Dahomey | 64,344 | 35.92 | 1 | New | |
| Dahomeyan Democratic Movement | 60,601 | 33.83 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dahomeyan Democratic Union | 40,624 | 22.68 | 0 | New | |
| Independent of Political Parties | 10,580 | 5.91 | 0 | 0 | |
| Defence of Economic Interests | 2,970 | 1.66 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 179,119 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 179,119 | 98.30 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,099 | 1.70 | |||
| Total votes | 182,218 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 384,643 | 47.37 | |||
| Source: Sternberger et al. | |||||
References
edit- ^ 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