Territorial Assembly elections were held in
French Upper Volta
Upper Volta (french: Haute-Volta) was a colony of French West Africa established in 1919 in the territory occupied by present-day Burkina Faso. It was formed from territories that had been part of the colonies of Upper Senegal and Niger and th ...
on 30 March 1952.
[ The result was a victory for the ]Voltaic Union
Voltaic Union (french: Union Voltaïque) was a political party in Upper Volta. It was formed soon after World War II on the initiative of the French governor Albert Mouragues, and Mouragues was accused of interference in the June 1948 local ele ...
(UV).[Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali & Boureima Diamitani (2013) ''Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso'', Rowman & Littlefield, pxli]
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).[Virginia Thompson & Richard Adloff (1958) ''French West Africa'', Stanford University Press, p56]
Results
References
{{Burkinabé elections
Upper Volta
1952 in French Upper Volta
Elections in Burkina Faso
Election and referendum articles with incomplete results
March 1952 events in Africa