1956 French legislative election in Chad–Ubangi-Shari
Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Chad and Ubangi-Shari on 2 January 1956. The territories elected four seats to the Assembly via two electoral colleges; the first college spanned both territories and elected one seat, whilst Chad elected two seats via the second college and Ubangi-Shari one. René Malbrant was re-elected from the first college and Barthélémy Boganda from the second college in Ubangi-Shari.[1] In the second college in Chad the Chadian Union and Chadian Social Action won one seat each,[2] taken by Gabriel Lisette and Arabi El Goni respectively.[3]
Campaign
editThe Chadian Union alliance was formed by the Chadian Progressive Party, the Independent Socialist Party of Chad, the Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance and the Radical Socialist Party to contest the second college seat in Chad, nominating Gabriel Lisette and Djeraki Zaïd as its candidates.[4]
Results
editFirst college
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| René Malbrant | National Centre of Social Republicans | 2,852 | 66.45 | |
| René Appaix | French Section of the Workers' International | 881 | 20.53 | |
| André Vazel | National Centre of Independents and Peasants | 559 | 13.02 | |
| Total | 4,292 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 4,292 | 94.52 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 249 | 5.48 | ||
| Total votes | 4,541 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,176 | 73.53 | ||
| Source: Sternberger et al. | ||||
Second college
editChad
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chadian Union–UDSR | 130,843 | 44.41 | 1 | +1 | |
| Chadian Social Action–CNRS | 105,258 | 35.72 | 1 | New | |
| French Section of the Workers' International | 28,254 | 9.59 | 0 | New | |
| Independent Democratic Union of Chad | 19,467 | 6.61 | 0 | New | |
| Chadian Democratic Workers' Bloc | 5,989 | 2.03 | 0 | New | |
| Chadian Bloc–IOM | 4,843 | 1.64 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 294,654 | 100.00 | 2 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 294,654 | 97.98 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 6,062 | 2.02 | |||
| Total votes | 300,716 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 551,545 | 54.52 | |||
| Source: Sternberger et al. | |||||
Ubangi-Shari
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barthélemy Boganda | Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa–CNIP | 155,952 | 88.52 | |
| Jean-Baptiste Songo-Mali | National Centre of Independents and Peasants | 20,230 | 11.48 | |
| Total | 176,182 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 176,182 | 97.30 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,881 | 2.70 | ||
| Total votes | 181,063 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 271,577 | 66.67 | ||
| Source: Sternberger et al. | ||||
References
edit- ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p2465 (in German)
- ^ Sternberger et al., p2240
- ^ Bernard Lanne (1998) Histoire politique du Tchad de 1945 à 1958: administration, partis, élections, KARTHALA Editions, p246
- ^ Lanne, p244