1957 French Sudan Territorial Assembly election

French Sudan 1959 31 March 1957 All 70 seats in the Territorial Assembly 36 33.93% US-RDA Modibo Keïta New 62.14 57 PRS #CD853F Fily Dabo Sissoko New 27.49 6 UPB #007FFF New 6.28 7 300px Results by constituency Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Sudan on 31 March 1957, the first elections in the territory to be held under universal suffrage.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p568 0-19-829645-2 The result was a victory for the Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally. which won 57 of the 70 seats. Voter turnout was just 34.0%. Results File:Assemblee soudan francais 1957.svg Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally 435976 57 Sudanese Progressive Party 192908 6 #CD853F Union of the Populations of Bandiagara 44052 7 #007FFF Dogon-Peul Action 24409 0 Others 4301 0 7476 0 2090048 De BenoistJoseph-Roger de Benoist Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960 https://books.google.com/books?id=528hAAAAMAAJ 1982 Nouvelles éditions africaines 545 Elected MPs Of the 70 elected members, 30 were members of the intelligentsia, 30 were employees, five were merchants, two were traditional chiefs, two were farmers and one was a worker.Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, pp1240 Aftermath Following the elections, the Union of the Populations of Bandiagara merged into the Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally, giving it a total of 64 seats.Elections in Mali https://web.archive.org/web/20130115101728/http://africanelections.tripod.com/ml.html 2013-01-15 African Elections Database References Category:1957 in French Sudan French Sudan Category:Elections in Mali Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results