1957 Ubangi-Shari Territorial Assembly election

Territorial Assembly elections were held in Ubangi-Shari on 31 March 1957. The first and second college system for giving separate seats to Europeans and Africans was scrapped, and all 50 seats elected by universal suffrage.^[1] The result was a victory for the Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa led by Barthélémy Boganda, which won all 50 seats.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa	348,352		50
	Social Evolution of Haute-Sangha			0
	Haute-Sangha Independents			0
	Ouaka list			0
Total				50
Total votes		365,550	–
Registered voters/turnout		622,384	58.73
Source: Sternberger et al.[2]