1956 French legislative election in Guinea

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Elections to the French National Assembly were held Guinea on 2 January 1956, as part of the wider French elections. The Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally won two of the three seats (taken by Ahmed Sékou Touré and Saifoulaye Diallo) with the African Bloc of Guinea winning the other seat (Barry Diawadou).

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Party of Guinea	346,716	61.70	2
	African Bloc of Guinea	146,543	26.08	1
	DSG–SFIO	55,385	9.86	0
	Forest Independent List of Social and Economic Action	13,303	2.37	0
Total		561,947	100.00	3

Valid votes		561,947	98.93
Invalid/blank votes		6,075	1.07
Total votes		568,022	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		975,119	58.25
Source: Sternberger et al., De Benoist

Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p529
Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p837

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