1951 French legislative election in Ivory Coast
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Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Ivory Coast on 17 June 1951 as part of the wider parliamentary elections. The African Democratic Rally (Félix Houphouët-Boigny) and French Union (Sékou Sanogo) each won a single seat.[1]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
---|---|---|---|---|
African Democratic Rally | 67,090 | 61.2 | 1 | –1 |
Party of the French Union of Côte d'Ivoire | 35,376 | 32.3 | 1 | New |
Republican Union | 5,881 | 5.4 | 0 | New |
Eburnean Democratic Bloc | 1,334 | 1.2 | 0 | New |
Party of the Democratic Union | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
Party of the Free Union | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
United Front of the West | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
Invalid/blank votes | 1,595 | – | – | – |
Total | 111,287 | 100 | 2 | –1 |
Registered voters/turnout | 189,154 | 59.7 | – | – |
Source: De Benoist[2] |
References
- ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p678
- ^ Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p526