French Somaliland legislative election, 1946

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Representative Council elections were held in French Somaliland in March 1946.^[1]

Electoral system

The 20 member Council was elected in two colleges, each of which elected ten members. The first college had six seats directly elected by French citizens, whilst the second college had six seats directly elected seats, with Somalis, Afars and Arabs each electing two members.^[1]

The remaining four seats in each college were appoointed by the Governor; three members chosen by the Governor from a list of nine candidates presented by the Chamber of Commerce, and one member chosen by the Governor from a list of three presented by Unions.^[1]

Results

College	Ethnic group	Votes cast	Registered voters	Turnout
First college		326	726	44.9
Second college	Afars	37	146	25.3
	Arabs	70	150	46.7
	Somalis	118	228	51.8
	Total	225	524	42.9
Total		551	1,250	44.1
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

1 2 3 Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, pp608–609

Elections and referendums in Djibouti

Presidential elections	1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2016

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Referendums	1945 1946 (May) 1946 (Oct) 1958 1967 1977 1992

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