1957 Guinean Territorial Assembly election

1957 Guinean Territorial Assembly election
31 March 1957
All 60 seats in the Territorial Assembly
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ahmed Sékou Touré Barry III
Party PDG-RDA DSG
Seats won 56 3
Popular vote 584,438 77,643
Percentage 77.39% 10.28%
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Territorial Assembly elections were held in Guinea on 31 March 1957. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally, which won 56 of the 60 seats in the Assembly.[1] Voter turnout was 60%.[2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Democratic Party of Guinea584,43877.3956
Socialist Democracy of Guinea77,64310.283
African Bloc of Guinea45,4896.020
Other parties47,6506.311
Total755,220100.0060
Valid votes755,22098.62
Invalid/blank votes10,5691.38
Total votes765,789100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,270,84760.26
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ^ Elections in Guinea African Elections Database
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p454 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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