1956 French legislative election in Dahomey

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Elections to the French National Assembly were held in French Dahomey on 2 January 1956. The territory elected two seats to the Assembly, which were won by Sourou-Migan Apithy of the Republican Party of Dahomey and Hubert Maga of the Ethnic Group of the North.[1][2] Voter turnout was 47%.

## Results

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Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–

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| Republican Party of Dahomey| 64,344| 35.92| 1| New
| Dahomeyan Democratic Movement| 60,601| 33.83| 1| 0
| Dahomeyan Democratic Union| 40,624| 22.68| 0| New
| Independent of Political Parties| 10,580| 5.91| 0| 0
| Defence of Economic Interests| 2,970| 1.66| 0| 0
Total| 179,119| 100.00| 2| 0
Valid votes| 179,119| 98.30|
Invalid/blank votes| 3,099| 1.70|
Total votes| 182,218| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 384,643| 47.37|
Source: Sternberger et al.

## References

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1. ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p530 (in German)
2. ^ Database of French MPs since 1789 Archived 2014-08-14 at the Wayback Machine National Assembly

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