Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Upper Volta on 31 March 1957. The result was a victory for the Unified Democratic Party (an alliance of the Voltaic Democratic Union–African Democratic Rally and the Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses), which won 33 of the 68 seats in the Assembly.[1]
Results edit
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unified Democratic Party | 538,876 | 55.55 | 33 | |
| Voltaic Democratic Movement | 226,593 | 23.36 | 24 | |
| Entente Fada N'Gourma | 98,301 | 10.13 | 5 | |
| African Popular Movement | 79,743 | 8.22 | 5 | |
| Other parties | 12,392 | 1.28 | 1 | |
| Independents | 14,162 | 1.46 | 2 | |
| Total | 970,067 | 100.00 | 70 | |
| Valid votes | 970,067 | 98.47 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 15,117 | 1.53 | ||
| Total votes | 985,184 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,902,668 | 51.78 | ||
| Source: Sternberger et al. | ||||
References edit
- ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1585