French legislative election, 1956 (Niger)

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Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Niger on 2 January 1956 as part of the wider French elections. The Nigerien Progressive Party (PPN) and the Nigerien Action Bloc−Nigerien Progressive Union (BNA−UPN) alliance won one seat each,^[1] Georges Condat took the BNA−UPN seat.

Campaign

The Independent List included François Borrey, who had unsuccessfully contested the November 1946 elections, and Dabo Aboudakar.^[1]

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
BNA−UPN	125,425	41.0	1	New
Nigerien Progressive Party	82,108	26.8	1	+1
Union of Nigerien Independents and Sympathisers	24,345	8.0	0	−2
Nigerien Democratic Union	74,107	24.2	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	5,376	–	−	−
Total	311,361	100	2	0
Registered voters/turnout	697,488	44.6	−	−
Source: Sternberger et al.

1 2 Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1483

Elections and referendums in Niger

Presidential elections	1965 1970 1989 1993 1996 1999 2004 2011 2016

Parliamentary elections	1946−47 1952 1957 1958 1965 1970 1989 1993 1995 1996 1999 2004 2009 2011 2016

French elections	1945 1946 (Jun) 1946 (Nov) 1948 1951 1956

Referendums	1945 1946 (May) 1946 (Oct) 1958 1987 1989 1992 1996 1999 2009 2010

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