Elections to the General Council in Niger 1946/1947

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The elections to the General Council in Niger 1946/1947 took place on December 15, 1946 and January 5, 1947.

background

The French colony of Niger was converted into an overseas territory within the French Union in 1946 . Following the example of the French departments , Niger received a general council by decree of October 25, 1946 , whose members were to be elected. It was Niger's first own parliament. Only French citizens who were divided into two colleges were eligible to vote. The first college consisted of the citoyens de statut civil de droit , who were de facto citizens of Metropolitan France . They could elect ten councilors to the general council. The other French Union citizens in Niger, the citoyens de statut local , formed the second college. They could elect twenty councilors to the general council. As governor of Niger, Jean Toby was in office during the elections .

procedure

The thirty councilors of the General Council were elected through personality voting. Niger's political parties were only just beginning to emerge - the Nigerian Progressive Party (PPN-RDA) was officially founded on May 12, 1946 - and played no role in this election. There were two rounds of voting: December 15, 1946 and January 5, 1947.

consequences

The members of the General Council elected Djermakoye Moumouni Aouta as President of Parliament on January 13, 1947 . On February 6, 1952, the General Council was converted into the Territorial Assembly by a law, whose members were newly elected in the elections to the Territorial Assembly on March 30, 1952 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 270.
  2. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, p. 267.
  3. ^ André Salifou: Biographie politique de Hamani Diori. Premier President de la République du Niger . Karthala, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-8111-0202-9 , p. 262.
  4. ↑ Historique ( Memento from May 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Assemblée Nationale website, published October 17, 2011, accessed January 29, 2013.