French legislative election, June 1946 (Mauritania–Senegal)

Elections to the French National Assembly were held in the constituency of Senegal-Mauritania on 2 June 1946 as part of the wider parliamentary elections. Two members were elected from the seat, with the winners being French Section of the Workers International candidates Lamine Guèye and Léopold Sédar Senghor.^[1] Both were incumbent MPs, having won their seats in the 1945 elections.

Results

Candidates	Party	Votes	%
First College
Lamine Guèye	French Section of the Workers' International	31,288	97.1
Adolphe Maillat	Independent Socialists	925	2.9
Invalid/blank votes		540	−
Total		32,753	100
Registered voters/turnout		46,985	69.7
Second college
Léopold Sédar Senghor	French Section of the Workers' International	20,718	100
Invalid/blank votes		563	−
Total		21,281	100
Registered voters/turnout		28,461	74.8
Source: Sternberger et al.[2]

References

1. Members of the Second National Constituent Assembly French National Assembly
2. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1857