Chadian Territorial Assembly election, 1952

Territorial Assembly elections were held in Chad on 30 March 1952.^[1] The result was a victory for Gaullist parties,^[2] with the Rally of the French People winning all 15 seats in the First College and the Chadian Democratic Union winning 24 of the 30 seats in the Second College.

Electoral system

The 45-seat Territorial Assembly had 15 seats elected by the first college in two constituencies, and 30 seats elected by the second college in ten constituencies.^[3]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
First College
Rally of the French People	699	70.68	15
Social and Economic Action	165	16.68	0
Independents and Union of Chad	94	9.50	0
Defence of Economic Interests	31	3.13	0
Invalid/blank votes	26	–	–
Total	1,015	100	15
Registered voters/turnout	3,582	28.34	–
Second College
Chadian Democratic Union	117,069	72.36	24
Civic Action Front of Chad	33,769	20.87	6
Independent Socialist Party of Chad	3,796	2.35	0
Defence of the Regional Interests of Ouaddaï	1,125	0.70	0
Franco-Kanembou Union	1,013	0.63	0
Independents	5,006	3.09	0
Invalid/blank votes	1,826	–	–
Total	163,604	100	30
Registered voters/turnout	307,434	53.22	–
Source: Lanne

References

1. Bernard Lanne (1998) Histoire politique du Tchad de 1945 à 1958: administration, partis, élections, KARTHALA Editions, p188
2. Edward Mortimer (1969) France and the Africans 1944–1960: A political history, Faber, p175
3. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, pp2219–2220 (German)