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Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Upper Volta on 30 March 1948.[1] The result was a victory for the Voltaic Union (UV).[2]
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).[3]
Results
| Party
|
Votes
|
%
|
Seats
|
| First College
|
| Social and Economic Development |
597 |
|
10
|
| Other parties |
|
|
0
|
| Invalid/blank votes |
|
– |
–
|
| Total |
929 |
100 |
10
|
| Registered voters/turnout |
1,583 |
58.7 |
–
|
| Second College
|
| Voltaic Union |
122,817 |
|
13
|
| Social and Economic Action |
45,502 |
|
8
|
| Union for the Defence of the Interests of Upper Volta |
|
|
7
|
| Rally of the French People |
18,699 |
|
6
|
| Independents of Lobi Country |
10,550 |
|
3
|
| Ethnic Party of Gourma |
|
|
3
|
| African Democratic Rally |
2,488 |
|
0
|
| Other parties |
|
|
0
|
| Invalid/blank votes |
|
– |
–
|
| Total |
207,112 |
100 |
40
|
| Registered voters/turnout |
351,513 |
59.0 |
–
|
| Source: De Benoist[1]
|
References
- ^ a b Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p540–541
- ^ Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali & Boureima Diamitani (2013) Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, Rowman & Littlefield, pxli
- ^ Virginia Thompson & Richard Adloff (1958) French West Africa, Stanford University Press, p56
