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Elections to the
French National Assembly were held in
Chad and
Ubangi-Shari on 17 June 1951. The territories elected four seats to the Assembly via two electoral colleges; the first college spanned both territories and elected one seat, whilst Chad elected two seats via the second college and Ubangi-Shari one.
René Malbrant was re-elected from the first college, and
Barthélémy Boganda from the second in Ubangi-Shari,
[1] In the second college in Chad, both seats were won by the
Chadian Democratic Union.
[2] which were taken by
Mohamed Bechir-Sow and
Quatre Sou Quatre.
Results
First college
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
---|
|
René Malbrant |
Rally of the French People | 2,730 | 100.00 |
Total | 2,730 | 100.00 |
|
Valid votes | 2,730 | 92.35 |
---|
Invalid/blank votes | 226 | 7.65 |
---|
Total votes | 2,956 | 100.00 |
---|
Registered voters/turnout | 4,490 | 65.84 |
---|
Source: Sternberger et al. |
Second college
Chad
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/â |
---|
|
Chadian Democratic Unionâ
RPF | 123,456 | 75.14 | 2 | New |
|
Chadian Progressive Partyâ
RDA | 14,497 | 8.82 | 0 | â1 |
|
Independent Socialist Party of Chad | 13,467 | 8.20 | 0 | New |
|
Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance | 6,522 | 3.97 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent List | 6,369 | 3.88 | 0 | New |
Total | 164,311 | 100.00 | 2 | +1 |
|
Valid votes | 164,311 | 99.03 | |
---|
Invalid/blank votes | 1,614 | 0.97 | |
---|
Total votes | 165,925 | 100.00 | |
---|
Registered voters/turnout | 250,341 | 66.28 | |
---|
Source: Sternberger et al. |
Ubangi-Shari
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
---|
|
Barthélemy Boganda |
Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa | 31,631 | 48.19 |
| Marcel Bella |
Rally of the French People | 21,637 | 32.96 |
|
Georges Darlan | Ubangian Union | 8,288 | 12.63 |
| EugĂšne Freidrich | | 2,877 | 4.38 |
|
Michel Gallin-Douathe |
French Section of the Workers' International | 1,208 | 1.84 |
Total | 65,641 | 100.00 |
|
Valid votes | 65,641 | 96.89 |
---|
Invalid/blank votes | 2,105 | 3.11 |
---|
Total votes | 67,746 | 100.00 |
---|
Registered voters/turnout | 111,201 | 60.92 |
---|
Source: Sternberger et al. |
References