1956 French legislative election in Dahomey

none Elections to the French National Assembly were held in French Dahomey on 2 January 1956. The territory elected two seats to the Assembly, which were won by Sourou-Migan Apithy of the Republican Party of Dahomey and Hubert Maga of the Ethnic Group of the North.Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p530 deDatabase of French MPs since 1789 https://web.archive.org/web/20140814013430/http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/liste_legislature.asp?legislature=47&Type=T 2014-08-14 National Assembly Voter turnout was 47%. Results Republican Party of Dahomey 64344 1 New Dahomeyan Democratic Movement 60601 1 0 Dahomeyan Democratic Union 40624 0 New Independent of Political Parties 10580 0 0 Defence of Economic Interests 2970 0 0 3099 0 384643 Sternberger et al. References Dahomey French Category:French elections in Dahomey