1946–47 Ivorian General Council election

Ivory Coast Flag of France.svg 1952 December 19465 January 1947 yes yes All 30 seats in the General Council Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally Félix Houphouët-Boigny 15 National Union no 13 Filidori List Antoine Filidori 6 URDIESCI Republican Union of the Defence of Economic and Social Interests of Ivory Coast 1 Independents – 6 General Council elections were held in French Ivory Coast (which included Upper Volta at the time) in December 1946 and 5 January 1947. The Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally won all 15 seats in the Second College in Ivory Coast,Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p679 de and 24 of the 30 Second College seats overall. Results First College National Union 5 8 13 Filidori List 0 6 6 URDIESCI Republican Union of the Defence of Economic and Social Interests of Ivory Coast 0 1 1 2069 4449 y Second College Democratic Party of Ivory Coast 24   24 Independents 6   6 132848 209325 De BenoistJoseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, pp536–537 Aftermath When Upper Volta was reconstituted as a separate territory in 1948, its members left the General Council (10 from the First College, 15 from the Second). By-elections were held in May 1948 for eight First College seats and 12 Second College seats; the PDCI won all of the Second College seats.Sternberger et al., p654 References Ivory General General Ivory General General Category:Parliamentary elections in Burkina Faso Category:Parliamentary elections in Ivory Coast Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Ivory Ivory