1945 French legislative election in Chad–Ubangi-Shari
Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Chad and Ubangi-Shari on 21 October 1945. The territories elected two seats to the Assembly via two electoral colleges. René Malbrant was elected from the first college and Guy Baucheron de Boissoudy [fr] in the second,[1] both of whom were members of the Chadian Democratic Union.[2]
Campaign
World War II had seen Chad become a territory whose primary political sentiment was loyalty to Charles de Gaulle; it had been recognised with numerous accolades for being the first territory to respond to his Appeal of 18 June, and had also been used as a base for Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque's desert campaign.[2] As a result, the Gaullist Chadian Democratic Union found it easy to recruit African members, despite its conservative views on African rights. The party put up European candidates for both college seats; Malbrant was a vet and de Boissoudy a colonel.[2]
Results
First College
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
René Malbrant | Chadian Democratic Union–UDSR | 666 | 79.95 | |
Marcel Tournade | French Section of the Workers' International | 110 | 13.21 | |
Georges Nègre | 40 | 4.80 | ||
Baptiste Bannister | 17 | 2.04 | ||
Total | 833 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 833 | 91.64 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 76 | 8.36 | ||
Total votes | 909 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,361 | 66.79 | ||
Source: Sternberger et al., National Assembly |
Second College
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Guy Baucheron de Boissoudy [fr] | Chadian Democratic Union–UDSR | 3,045 | 58.75 | |
Aristide Issembé | French Communist Party | 1,162 | 22.42 | |
Pierre Indo | French Section of the Workers' International | 656 | 12.66 | |
Sekou Diarra | 186 | 3.59 | ||
Frédéric Granier | 134 | 2.59 | ||
Total | 5,183 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 5,183 | 98.89 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 58 | 1.11 | ||
Total votes | 5,241 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,858 | 76.42 | ||
Source: Sternberger et al. |
References
- ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p2464 (in German)
- ^ a b c Edward Mortimer (1969) France and the Africans 1944–1960: A political history, Faber, p65
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