Elections to the Territorial Assembly in Niger in 1952

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The elections to the 1952 Territorial Assembly in Niger took place on March 30, 1952.

background

In the French overseas territory of Niger , a parliament with thirty members was elected for the first time in the elections to the General Council of 1946/1947 . By a law of February 6, 1952, the General Council was converted into a territorial assembly with fifty members who were to be newly elected. As in 1946/1947, only French citizens were eligible to vote. These were divided into two colleges. The first college were the citoyens de statut civil de droit , which were de facto citizens of Metropolitan France . These could elect 15 councils to the territorial assembly. The other French Union citizens in Niger, the citoyens de statut local , formed the second college. They could elect 35 councils to the territorial assembly. While political parties had not yet played a role in the 1946/1947 elections, the Nigerien Progressive Party (PPN-RDA) and the Union of Independent Nigerians and Sympathizers (UNIS) were now competitors. UNIS was founded in 1948 at the instigation of Jean Toby , the then governor of France in Niger. It was considered to be far more reliable in protecting France's interests in its overseas territory than the left-wing PPN-RDA. UNIS had already inflicted a serious electoral failure on the PPN-RDA on June 17, 1951, when it won both seats to which Niger was entitled in the National Assembly of France .

Results

The elections took place on March 30, 1952. The turnout was 52%.

Political party Seats
Union of Independent Nigerians and Sympathizers (UNIS) 50
total 50

consequences

Fernand Balay was elected Speaker of Parliament for the Territorial Assembly. In this office he was succeeded on December 4, 1953 by Malick N'Diaye . During the following years, the UNIS lost its importance due to internal party crises and dissolved shortly before the elections for the Territorial Assembly in 1957 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, pp. 270-271.
  2. ^ Mamoudou Djibo: Les transformations politiques au Niger à la veille de l'indépendance . L'Harmattan, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-7384-9505-2 , p. 45.
  3. ↑ Historique ( Memento from May 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Assemblée Nationale website, published October 17, 2011, accessed January 29, 2013.