Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election, 1948

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Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Upper Volta on 27 June 1948. They were the first elections to the new Territorial Assembly, which had been created following the separation of Upper Volta from Ivory Coast the previous year.[1]

Electoral system

The Territorial Assembly had 50 seats, with 10 elected by the First College (French citizens) and 40 by the Second College (non-French citizens).[2]

Campaign

Governor Albert Mouragues was accused of favouring the Voltaic Union over the African Democratic Rally-affiliated Entente Voltaïque (EV),[1] with some commandants "using strong-arm methods" against the EV candidates, whilst a significant number of EV supporters were imprisoned.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali & Boureima Diamitani (2013) Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, Rowman & Littlefield, pxli
  2. ↑ Virginia Thompson & Richard Adloff (1958) French West Africa, Stanford University Press, p56
  3. ↑ Thompson & Adloff, p175
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