1956 French legislative election in Mauritania

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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]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Sidi el-Mokhtar N'DiayeMauritanian Progressive Union106,60385.58
Horma Ould BabanaMauritanian Entente17,37113.95
Ould JiddouIndependent5850.47
Total124,559100.00
Valid votes124,55997.71
Invalid/blank votes2,9212.29
Total votes127,480100.00
Registered voters/turnout217,71758.55
Source: De Benoist,[2] Sternberger et al.[3]

References

  1. ^ Pazzanita, Anthony G. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Mauritania. Scarecrow Press. p. XXX.
  2. ^ Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p530
  3. ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1382