The Union of Chiefs and Peoples of the North (french: Union des Chefs et des Populations du Nord, UCPN) was a political party in

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History

The party was established in 1951 as an organisation representing traditional chiefs and notables from northern Togoland,Renate Helm (2004) ''Politische Herrschaft in Togo: das Problem der Demokratisierung'', LIT Verlag Münster, p62 and was allied with the pro-French

Togolese Party of Progress The Togolese Party of Progress (french: Parti togolais du progrès, PTP) was a political party in Togo. History The party was established by Nicolas Grunitzky, Pedro Olympio and Dermane Ayéva in 1946, becoming the second party in Togo.Renate Hel ...

(PTP). In the December 1951 Representative Assembly elections it won 12 of the 24 Second College seats.Démocratie coloniale et mascarades électorales au Togo
Centre d'Etude d'Afrique Noire - Institut d’études politiques de Bordeaux In the 1952 elections it won 15 of the 30 seats. It won 15 seats again in the 1955 elections, but was reduced to ten seats in the 1958 elections as the Assembly was increased in size to 46 seats. In October 1959 the party merged with the PTP to form the

Democratic Union of the Togolese People The Democratic Union of the Togolese People (french: Union Démocratique des Populations Togolaises, UDPT) was a political party in Togo. History The party was established in October 1959 by a merger of the Togolese Party of Progress and the Uni ...

.Helm, p63

References

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