1952 Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election

Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Upper Volta on 30 March 1952. ^[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		First College			Second College			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Voltaic Union				122,817	–	13	13
	Social and Economic Action				45,502	–	8	8
	Rally of the French People				18,699	–	6	6
	Independents of Lobi Country				10,550	–	3	3
	African Democratic Rally				2,488	–	0	0
	Social and Economic Development	597		10				10
	Union for the Defence of the Interests of Upper Volta						7	7
	Ethnic Party of Gourma						3	3
	Other parties			0			0	0
Total				10			40	50
Total votes		929	–		207,112	–
Registered voters/turnout		1,583	58.69		351,513	58.92
Source: De Benoist [1]

References

1. Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p540–541
2. Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali & Boureima Diamitani (2013) Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, Rowman & Littlefield, pxli
3. Virginia Thompson & Richard Adloff (1958) French West Africa, Stanford University Press, p56