1956 French legislative election in Ivory Coast

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    Speaker: Guillaume Soro
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    Speaker: Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio (TBC)
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Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Ivory Coast on 2 January 1956 as part of the wider parliamentary elections. The African Democratic Rally won both seats,[1] which were taken by Félix Houphouët-Boigny and Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly.[2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
African Democratic Rally502,71186.742+1
Party of the French Union of Ivory Coast39,1066.750–1
Republican Union21,5923.7300
Ivorian Agreement for Social and Economic Progress4,8730.840New
African Union4,1380.710New
Nine other lists7,1301.230
Total579,550100.0020
Valid votes579,55098.30
Invalid/blank votes10,0371.70
Total votes589,587100.00
Registered voters/turnout880,69666.95
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

  1. ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p678
  2. ^ Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p529
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