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Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Gabon and French Congo on 2 January 1956.[1]
Results
First college
| Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
%
|
Notes
|
| Maurice Bayrou |
Rally of the French People |
2,939 |
48.5 |
Re-elected
|
| Charles Noel |
|
1,529 |
25.3 |
|
| Raphael Dulos |
|
805 |
13.3
|
| Pierre Regnier |
|
660 |
10.9
|
| Pierre Istre |
|
120 |
2.0
|
| Invalid/blank votes |
407 |
–
|
| Total |
6,460 |
100
|
| Registered voters/turnout |
11,545 |
56.0
|
| Source: Sternberger et al.
|
Second college
| Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
%
|
Notes
|
| Gabon
|
| Jean-Hilaire Aubame |
Independent |
26,712 |
46.8 |
Re-elected
|
| Léon M'ba |
Gabonese Democratic Bloc |
19,336 |
33.9 |
|
| Vincent de Paul Nyonda |
|
7,722 |
13.6
|
| Jean-Claude Brouillet |
|
2,176 |
3.8
|
| Louis Bigmann |
|
1,083 |
1.9
|
| Invalid/blank votes |
944 |
–
|
| Total |
57,975 |
100
|
| Registered voters/turnout |
120,901 |
48.0
|
| French Congo
|
| Félix Tchicaya |
Congolese Progressive Party |
45,976 |
31.1 |
Re-elected
|
| Jacques Opangault |
French Section of the Workers' International |
43,193 |
29.2 |
|
| Fulbert Youlou |
|
41,084 |
27.7
|
| Simon-Pierre Kikhounga-Ngot |
|
8,864 |
6.0
|
| Robert Stéphane Tchitchéllé |
|
4,746 |
3.2
|
| Five other candidates |
4,168 |
2.8
|
| Invalid/blank votes |
6,332 |
–
|
| Total |
154,363 |
100
|
| Registered voters/turnout |
233,544 |
66.1
|
| Source: Sternberger et al
|
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