1956 French legislative election in Mauritania

Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Mauritania on 2 January 1956. Mauritania had one seat in the Assembly, which was won by Sidi el-Mokhtar N'Diaye, a member of the Mauritanian Progressive Union.[1]

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sidi el-Mokhtar N'Diaye	Mauritanian Progressive Union	106,603	85.58
	Horma Ould Babana	Mauritanian Entente	17,371	13.95
	Ould Jiddou	Independent	585	0.47
Total			124,559	100.00
Valid votes			124,559	97.71
Invalid/blank votes			2,921	2.29
Total votes			127,480	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			217,717	58.55
Source: De Benoist,[2] Sternberger et al.[3]

References

1. Pazzanita, Anthony G. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Mauritania. Scarecrow Press. p. XXX.
2. Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p530
3. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1382