1957 Nigerien Territorial Assembly election

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31 March 1957

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All 60 seats in the Territorial Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

28.68%

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
	Sawaba	Djibo Bakary	64.52	41	New
	PPN–RDA	Hamani Diori	29.96	19	+19

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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Territorial Assembly elections were held in Niger on 31 March 1957. The result was a victory for the Sawaba party, which won 41 of the 60 seats.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Sawaba	222,958	64.52	41
	Nigerien Progressive Party – African Democratic Rally	103,518	29.96	19
	Nigerien Democratic Front	1,871	0.54	0
	Others	17,212	4.98	0
Total		345,559	100.00	60

Valid votes		345,559	97.56
Invalid/blank votes		8,630	2.44
Total votes		354,189	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,234,906	28.68
Source: Sternberger et al.

Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1484
Abdourahmane Idrissa & Samuel Decalo (2012) Historical Dictionary of Niger p331

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