French legislative election, 1956 (Dahomey)

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Elections to the French National Assembly were held in French Dahomey on 2 January 1956. The territory elected two seats to the Assembly, which were won by Sourou-Migan Apithy of the Republican Party of Dahomey and Hubert Maga of the Ethnic Group of the North.^[1]^[2] Voter turnout was 47.4%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Republican Party of Dahomey	64,344	35.9	1
Ethnic Group of the North	60,601	33.8	1
Dahomeyan Democratic Union	40,624	22.7	0
Independent of Political Parties	10,580	5.9	0
Defence of Economic Interests	2,970	1.7	0
Invalid/blank votes	3,099	–	–
Total	182,218	100	2
Registered voters/turnout	384,643	47.4	–
Source: Sternberger et al.

↑ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p530 (German)
↑ Database of French MPs since 1789 National Assembly

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