1957 Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election

Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Upper Volta on 31 March 1957. The result was a victory for the Unified Democratic Party (an alliance of the Voltaic Democratic Union–African Democratic Rally and the Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses), which won 33 of the 68 seats in the Assembly.[1]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Unified Democratic Party538,87655.5533
Voltaic Democratic Movement226,59323.3624
Entente Fada N'Gourma98,30110.135
African Popular Movement79,7438.225
Other parties12,3921.281
Independents14,1621.462
Total970,067100.0070
Valid votes970,06798.47
Invalid/blank votes15,1171.53
Total votes985,184100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,902,66851.78
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, Zweiter Halbband, p1585