French legislative election, 1951 (Guinea)

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Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Guinea on 17 June 1951. The number of seats Guinea had in the Assembly had increased from two to three.[1] Suffrage was also extended, with the number of registered voters increasing from 131,309 in the 1946 election to 393,628 in 1951,[1] although voter turnout decreased from 73% to 57%.

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Franco–Guinean Union67,48030.52
Guinean Agreement47,35221.41
Democratic Union of Workers and Veterans32,07114.50
Guinean Union29,14913.20
French Union20,4239.20
Two other parties6,6123.00
Invalid/blank votes2,926
Total224,1821003
Registered voters/turnout393,62857.0
Source: Sternberger et al.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Schmidt, E Cold War and decolonization in Guinea, 1946-1958 p51
  2. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p837
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