Parliamentary elections were held in the
Republic of Upper Volta
The Republic of Upper Volta (french: République de Haute-Volta) was a landlocked West African country established on 11 December 1958 as a self-governing colony within the French Community. Before becoming autonomous, it had been part of the ...
on 20 December 1970, following the restoration of multi-party democracy in a
referendum
A referendum (plural: referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue. This is in contrast to an issue being voted on by a representative. This may result in the adoption of a ...
earlier in the year. The result was a victory for the former sole legal party, the
Voltaic Democratic Union–African Democratic Rally, which won 37 of the 57 seats in the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...
. Voter turnout was 48.3%.
Upper Volta
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Results
References
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