1952 Mauritanian Territorial Assembly election

Territorial Assembly elections were held in Mauritania on 30 March 1952.^[1] The result was a victory for the Mauritanian Progressive Union, which won 22 of the 24 seats.^[2]

Electoral system

The Territorial Assembly was elected by two colleges; the first college elected 8 members and the second 16.^[3]


Party		First College			Second College			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Mauritanian Progressive Union				31,644	–	12	12
	Mauritanian Entente				10,937	–	1	1
	Union for the Defence of Mauritania and the French Union	277		5				5
	French Union	183		3				3
	Other parties			0			0	0
	Independents				5,697	–	3	3
Total				8			16	24

Total votes		647	–		61,597	–
Registered voters/turnout		1,020	63.43		130,441	47.22
Source: De Benoist^[1]

^ ^a ^b Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p541
^ Mauritania: Postwar Reforms Library of Congress Country Studies
^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1364