1957 Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election

Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Upper Volta on 31 March 1957. The result was a victory for the Unified Democratic Party (an alliance of the Voltaic Democratic Union–African Democratic Rally and the Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses), which won 33 of the 68 seats in the Assembly.Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1585 Results Unified Democratic Party 538876 33 Voltaic Democratic Movement 226593 24 Entente Fada N'Gourma 98301 5 African Popular Movement 79743 5 Other parties 12392 1 Independents 14162 2 15117 1902668 Sternberger et al. References Category:Parliamentary elections in Burkina Faso Upper Volta Territorial Assembly election Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election