1956 French legislative election in Mauritania
Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Mauritania on 2 January 1956. Mauritania had one seat in the Assembly, which was won by Sidi el-Mokhtar N'Diaye, a member of the Mauritanian Progressive Union.[1]
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Results
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Sidi el-Mokhtar N'Diaye | Mauritanian Progressive Union | 106,603 | 85.58 | |
Horma Ould Babana | Mauritanian Entente | 17,371 | 13.95 | |
Ould Jiddou | Independent | 585 | 0.47 | |
Total | 124,559 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 124,559 | 97.71 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,921 | 2.29 | ||
Total votes | 127,480 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 217,717 | 58.55 | ||
Source: De Benoist,[2] Sternberger et al.[3] |
References
- Pazzanita, Anthony G. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Mauritania. Scarecrow Press. p. XXX.
- Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p530
- Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1382
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