1951 French legislative election in Dahomey

Elections to the French National Assembly were held in French Dahomey on 17 June 1951. The territory elected two seats to the Assembly, which were won by Sourou-Migan Apithy of the List of the French Union and Hubert Maga of the Ethnic Group of the North.^[1][2] Voter turnout was 44%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	List of the French Union	53,463	36.79	1
	Ethnic Group of the North	49,329	33.94	1
	Dahomeyan Progressive Union	18,410	12.67	0
	Independent of Political Parties	10,161	6.99	0
	African People's Bloc	8,686	5.98	0
	Rally of the French People	5,284	3.64	0
Total		145,333	100.00	2
Valid votes		145,333	98.63
Invalid/blank votes		2,017	1.37
Total votes		147,350	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		332,867	44.27
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

1. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p530 (in German)
2. Database of French MPs since 1789 Archived 2014-08-14 at the Wayback Machine National Assembly