1956 French legislative election in Niger

none Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Niger on 2 January 1956 as part of the wider French elections. The Nigerien Progressive Party (PPN) and the Nigerien Action Bloc−Nigerien Progressive Union (BNA−UPN) alliance won one seat each.Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1483 Georges Condat took the BNA−UPN seat, whilst Hamani Diori took the PPN seat.Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p530 Campaign The Independent List included François Borrey, who had unsuccessfully contested the November 1946 elections, and Dabo Aboudakar. Results BNA−UPN 125425 1 New Nigerien Progressive Party 82108 1 +1 Nigerien Democratic Union 74107 0 New Union of Nigerien Independents and Sympathisers 24345 0 −2 5376 0 697488 Sternberger et al. References Niger French Category:French elections in Niger