Elections for the Territorial Assembly were held in

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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

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. 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

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