1952 Dahomeyan Territorial Assembly election

none French Dahomey 1946–47 1957 30 March 1952 yes All 50 seats in the Territorial Assembly 26 yes Republican Party Sourou-Migan Apithy 19 UDIGD Paul Hazoumé 12 Ethnic Group of the North Hubert Maga 9 African People's Bloc Justin Ahomadégbé-TomêtinÉmile Poisson 4 Centre Union no Raphaël Moretti 3 UDIES no Moïse Durand 2 Independents Jean-Jacques Bonneveau 1 Elections for the Territorial Assembly were held in French Dahomey on 30 March 1952. Sourou-Migan Apithy's Republican Party of Dahomey won 19 of the 32 second college seats.Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Ereste Halbband, p530 de Only ten members of the Legislative Council elected in 1947 were re-elected.Virginia Thompson & Richard Adloff (1958) French West Africa, Stanford University Press, p66 Background The Legislative Council had been created as part of the constitutional reforms that created French Fourth Republic. In 1952 it was converted into the Territorial Assembly, and was enlarged from 30 to 50 seats. The Assembly was elected by two electoral colleges; 18 by the first electoral college and 32 by the second.Mathurin C Houngnikpo & Samuel Decalo (2012) Historical Dictionary of Benin, Scarecrow Press, p63 Results First College Union for the Defence of the General Interests of Dahomey 484 12 Centre Union 79 3 Union for the Defence of Economic and Social Interests 61 2 Defence of Economic Interests 0 Defence of the Interests of North Dahomey 0 For the French Union 0 Independent List for the Defence of General Interests 0 Independent List of the Interests of the North 0 Republican Party of Dahomey 0 Social and Economic Action 0 Social and Economic Union 0 Independents 326 1 1338 2130 y Second College Republican Party of Dahomey 52200 19 Ethnic Group of the North 42427 9 African People's Bloc 5797 4 Dahomeyan Progressive Union 0 Other parties 0 Independents 0 127166 316547 De Benoist,Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p540 France-Dahomey References Category:Parliamentary elections in Benin Dahomey Territorial Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Dahomey