French legislative election, 1848 (Senegal)

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Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Senegal between 30 October and 2 November 1848.

Electoral system

The single Senegalese seat in the National Assembly was created by decree on 5 March 1848.^[1] Following an order of 5 November 1830 and a law of 24 April 1833, all free-born people and freed slaves in the Four Communes in Senegal had full civic and political rights, the only French African colony to give such rights until the end of World War II.^[1] The right to vote was given to all men over the age of 25 and who could prove they had lived in their municipality for the previous five years.^[1] In total 4,706 men registered to vote.^[1]

Campaign

The election was contested by three candidates; former Governor Léandre Bertin du Château, the creole Barthélémy Durand Valantin and Victor Schoelcher, a well-known anti-slavery activist. Although Schoelcher was on the ballot, he was not in Senegal at the time.^[1]

Results

Candidate	Votes	%
Barthélémy Durand Valantin	1,080
Léandre Bertin du Château	648
Victor Schoelcher
Total	2,071	100
Registered voters/turnout	4,706	44.0
Source: Sternberger et al., National Assembly

References

1 2 3 4 5 Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, pp1812−1813

Elections and referendums in Senegal

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