1951 French legislative election in Upper Volta

Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Upper Volta on 17 June 1951, as part of the wider French elections. The Voltaic Union (UV) won three of the four seats, which were taken by Joseph Conombo, Henri Guissou, Mamadou Ouédraogo, whilst Nazi Boni won the other seat on the Economic and Social Action in the Interests of Upper Volta list,[1] although he remained a member of the UV.[2]

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Results
PartyVotes%Seats
Voltaic Union146,86158.763
Economic and Social Action in the Interests of Upper Volta66,98626.801
Voltaic Evolution16,9806.790
Entente Voltaïque11,7254.690
Voltaic Progressive Movement7,3882.960
Total249,940100.004
Valid votes249,94099.52
Invalid/blank votes1,1980.48
Total votes251,138100.00
Registered voters/turnout334,14975.16
Source: Sternberger et al.[3]

References
  1. Nazi Boni French National Assembly
  2. Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali & Boureima Diamitani (2013) Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, Rowman & Littlefield, p30
  3. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1583 (in German)
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