1948 Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election

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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 was accused of favouring the Voltaic Union over the African Democratic Rally-affiliated (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
Votes % Seats Votes % 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. ^ a b Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p538
  2. ^ a b Lawrence 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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