French Sudan Territorial Assembly election, 1957

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Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Sudan on 31 March 1957, the first elections in the territory to be held under universal suffrage.^[1] The result was a victory for the Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally. which won 57 of the 70 seats. Voter turnout was just 34.0%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally	435,976	62.14	57
Sudanese Progressive Party	192,890	27.49	6
Union of the Populations of Bandiagara	44,052	6.28	7
Others	28,728	4.09	0
Invalid/blank votes	7,476	−	−
Total	709,122	100	70
Registered voters/turnout	2,089,842	33.9	–
Source: African Elections Database

Elected MPs

Of the 70 elected members, 30 were members of the intelligentsia, 30 were employees, five were merchants, two were traditional chiefs, two were farmers and one was a worker.^[2]

Aftermath

Following the elections, the Union of the Populations of Bandiagara merged into the Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally, giving it a total of 64 seats.^[3]

References

↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p568 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
↑ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, pp1240
↑ Elections in Mali African Elections Database

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