1951 French legislative election in Dahomey

Elections to the French National Assembly were held in French Dahomey on 17 June 1951. The territory elected two seats to the Assembly, which were won by Sourou-Migan Apithy of the List of the French Union and Hubert Maga of the Ethnic Group of the North.[1][2] Voter turnout was 44%.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
List of the French Union53,46336.791
Ethnic Group of the North49,32933.941
Dahomeyan Progressive Union18,41012.670
Independent of Political Parties10,1616.990
African People's Bloc8,6865.980
Rally of the French People5,2843.640
Total145,333100.002
Valid votes145,33398.63
Invalid/blank votes2,0171.37
Total votes147,350100.00
Registered voters/turnout332,86744.27
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

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  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