French legislative election, 1956 (Niger)

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Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Niger on 2 January 1956 as part of the wider French elections. The Nigerien Progressive Party (PPN) and the Nigerien Action Bloc−Nigerien Progressive Union (BNA−UPN) alliance won one seat each,^[1] Georges Condat took the BNA−UPN seat.

Campaign

The Independent List included François Borrey, who had unsuccessfully contested the November 1946 elections, and Dabo Aboudakar.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
BNA−UPN	125,425	41.0	1	New
Nigerien Progressive Party	82,108	26.8	1	+1
Union of Nigerien Independents and Sympathisers	24,345	8.0	0	−2
Nigerien Democratic Union	74,107	24.2	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	5,376	–	−	−
Total	311,361	100	2	0
Registered voters/turnout	697,488	44.6	−	−
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

1 2 Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1483

Elections and referendums in Niger

Presidential elections	1965 1970 1989 1993 1996 1999 2004 2011 2016

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French elections	1945 1946 (Jun) 1946 (Nov) 1948 1951 1956

Referendums	1945 1946 (May) 1946 (Oct) 1958 1987 1989 1992 1996 1999 2009 2010

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