1957 Guinean Territorial Assembly election

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1957 Guinean Territorial Assembly election

← 1952 31 March 1957 1963 →

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%

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[edit]

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[edit]

  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