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1948 Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election

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Electoral system
Campaign
Results
References

{{Politics of Burkina Faso}}Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Upper Volta on 30 May 1948, with a second round on 20 June.^[1] They were the first elections to the new Territorial Assembly, which had been created following the separation of Upper Volta from Ivory Coast the previous year.^[2]

Electoral system

The Territorial Assembly had 50 seats, with 10 elected by the First College (French citizens) and 40 by the Second College (non-French citizens).^[3] The 1948 elections elected an additional 24 seats; six to the first college and 16 to the second.^[1]

Campaign

Governor Albert Mouragues was accused of favouring the Voltaic Union over the African Democratic Rally-affiliated Entente Voltaïque (EV),^[2] with some commandants "using strong-arm methods" against the EV candidates, whilst a significant number of EV supporters were imprisoned.^[4]

Results

Party	First round			Second round			Total seats
Party	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
First College
Rally of the French People	3				3
Union List	3				3
Total	784	100	6	–	–	–	6
Registered voters/turnout	1,382	56.7	–	–	–	–	–
Second College
Voltaic Union	7	3	10
African Democratic Rally	2	2	4
Community of Yatenga	1	0	1
AC	1	0	1
Total	78,895	100	11	5	16
Registered voters/turnout	137,293	57.4	–	–	–
Source: De Benoist

References

1. ^¹Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p538
2. ^¹Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali & Boureima Diamitani (2013) Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, Rowman & Littlefield, pxli
3. ^Virginia Thompson & Richard Adloff (1958) French West Africa, Stanford University Press, p56
4. ^Thompson & Adloff, p175

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