French legislative election, 1951 (Chad–Ubangi-Shari)

Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Chad and Ubangi-Shari on 17 June 1951. The territories elected four seats to the Assembly via two electoral colleges; the first college spanned both territories and elected one seat, whilst Chad elected two seats via the second college and Ubangi-Shari one. René Malbrant was re-elected from the first college, and Barthélémy Boganda from the second in Ubangi-Shari.^[1] In the second college in Chad, both seats were won by the Chadian Democratic Union.^[2]

Results

First college

Candidate	Votes	%
René Malbrant	2,730	100
Invalid/blank votes	226	–
Total	2,956	100
Registered voters/turnout	4,490	65.8
Source: Sternberger et al.

Second college

Chad

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Chadian Democratic Union	123,546	75.1	2	New
Chadian Progressive Party	14,497	8.8	0	–1
Independent Socialist Party of Chad	13,467	8.2	0	New
Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance	6,522	4.0	0	0
Independent List	6,369	3.9	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	1,614	–	–	–
Total	165,925	100	2	+1
Registered voters/turnout	250,341	66.3	–	–
Source: Sternberger et al.

Ubangi-Shari

Candidate	Votes	%
Barthélemy Boganda	31,631	48.2
Marcel Bella	21,637	33.0
Georges Darlan	8,288	12.6
Eugène Freidrich	2,877	4.4
Michel Galinqui Douathé	1,208	1.8
Invalid/blank votes	2,105	–
Total	67,746	100
Registered voters/turnout	111,201	60.9
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

1. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p2465 (German)
2. Sternberger et al., p2240