June 1946 French legislative election in French Sudan−Niger

Elections to the French National Assembly were held in the constituency of French Sudan−Niger on 2 June 1946 as part of the wider parliamentary elections. Two members were elected from two separate electoral colleges. A second round of voting was held in the first colleges on 16 June as no candidate received over 50% of the vote in the first round.[1]

Results

First College

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jean Silvandre	French Section of the Workers' International	992	47.95	1,128	48.60
	Robert Lattes	Popular Republican Movement	693	33.49	1,193	51.40
	Louis Delmas		317	15.32
	Charles Graziani		54	2.61
	François Ettori		13	0.63
Total			2,069	100.00	2,321	100.00
Valid votes			2,069	96.32	2,321	98.43
Invalid/blank votes			79	3.68	37	1.57
Total votes			2,148	100.00	2,358	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,484	61.65	3,661	64.41
Source: De Benoist[2]

Second College

Candidate		Votes	%
	Fily Dabo Sissoko	17,032	67.43
	Mamadou Konaté	4,307	17.05
	Roland Gougis	3,919	15.52
Total		25,258	100.00
Valid votes		25,258	99.05
Invalid/blank votes		242	0.95
Total votes		25,500	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		36,714	69.46
Source: National Assembly

References

1. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, pp1249−1250
2. Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p523