1957 Ubangi-Shari Territorial Assembly election

1957 Ubangi-Shari Territorial Assembly election

←  1952 31 March 1957 1959  →
All 50 seats in the Territorial Assembly 26 seats needed for a majority
First party   Leader Barthélemy Boganda Party MESAN Last election 17 Seats won 50 Seat change 33
President of the Territorial Assembly before election Henri Mabille Elected President of the Territorial Assembly Barthélémy Boganda

Territorial Assembly elections were held in Ubangi-Shari on 31 March 1957. The first and second college system for giving separate seats to Europeans and Africans was scrapped, and all 50 seats elected by universal suffrage. ^[1] The result was a victory for the Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa led by Barthélémy Boganda, which won all 50 seats.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa	348,352		50
	Social Evolution of Haute-Sangha			0
	Haute-Sangha Independents			0
	Ouaka list			0
Total				50
Total votes		365,550	–
Registered voters/turnout		622,384	58.73
Source: Sternberger et al. [2]

References

1. Parliament of the Central African Republic Archived 2012-07-18 at archive.today Juan Fandos-Rius
2. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p2466 (in German)