1956 French legislative election in Guinea

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Elections to the French National Assembly were held Guinea on 2 January 1956, as part of the wider French elections. The Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally won two of the three seats (taken by Ahmed Sékou Touré and Saifoulaye Diallo) with the African Bloc of Guinea winning the other seat (Barry Diawadou).[1]

## Results

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Party| Votes| %| Seats

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| Democratic Party of Guinea| 346,716| 61.70| 2
| African Bloc of Guinea| 146,543| 26.08| 1
| DSG–SFIO| 55,385| 9.86| 0
| Forest Independent List of Social and Economic Action| 13,303| 2.37| 0
Total| 561,947| 100.00| 3
Valid votes| 561,947| 98.93|
Invalid/blank votes| 6,075| 1.07|
Total votes| 568,022| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 975,119| 58.25|
Source: Sternberger et al.,[2] De Benoist

## References

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1. ^ Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p529
2. ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p837

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