Elections for the Territorial Assembly were held in
French Dahomey
French Dahomey, officially the Colony of Dahomey and Dependencies (), was a French colony and part of French West Africa from 1894 to 1958. After World War II, by the establishment of the French Fourth Republic in 1947, Dahomey became part of ...
on 30 March 1952.
Sourou-Migan Apithy's
Republican Party of Dahomey won 19 of the 32 second college seats. Only ten members of the Legislative Council
elected in 1947 were re-elected.
[Virginia Thompson & Richard Adloff (1958) ''French West Africa'', Stanford University Press, p66]
Background
The Legislative Council had been created as part of the constitutional reforms that created
French Fourth Republic
The French Fourth Republic () was the republican government of France from 27 October 1946 to 4 October 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution of 13 October 1946. Essentially a reestablishment and continuation of the French Third R ...
. In 1952 it was converted into the Territorial Assembly, and was enlarged from 30 to 50 seats. The Assembly was elected by two electoral colleges; 18 by the first electoral college and 32 by the second.
[Mathurin C Houngnikpo & Samuel Decalo (2012) ''Historical Dictionary of Benin'', Scarecrow Press, p63]
Results
References
{{Beninese elections
Elections in Benin
Dahomey
The Kingdom of Dahomey () was a West African List of kingdoms in Africa throughout history, kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. It developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in ...
Territorial
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In international politics, a territory is usually a geographic area which has not been granted the powers of self-government, ...
Election and referendum articles with incomplete results
Dahomey
The Kingdom of Dahomey () was a West African List of kingdoms in Africa throughout history, kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. It developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in ...