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%.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Republican Party of Dahomey64,34435.921New
Dahomeyan Democratic Movement60,60133.8310
Dahomeyan Democratic Union40,62422.680New
Independent of Political Parties10,5805.9100
Defence of Economic Interests2,9701.6600
Total179,119100.0020
Valid votes179,11998.30
Invalid/blank votes3,0991.70
Total votes182,218100.00
Registered voters/turnout384,64347.37
Source: Sternberger et al.

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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