1952 Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election

none Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Upper Volta on 30 March 1952. The result was a victory for the Voltaic Union (UV).Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali & Boureima Diamitani (2013) Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, Rowman & Littlefield, pxli 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).Virginia Thompson & Richard Adloff (1958) French West Africa, Stanford University Press, p56 Results First College Second College Voltaic Union 122817 13 13 Social and Economic Action 45502 8 8 Rally of the French People 18699 6 6 Independents of Lobi Country 10550 3 3 African Democratic Rally 2488 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 0 929 207112 1583 351513 De BenoistJoseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p540–541 References Upper Volta Category:1952 in French Upper Volta Category:Parliamentary elections in Burkina Faso Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:March 1952 in Africa