1945 French legislative election in Chad–Ubangi-Shari

Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Chad and Ubangi-Shari on 21 October 1945. The territories elected two seats to the Assembly via two electoral colleges. René Malbrant was elected from the first college and Guy de Boissoudy in the second,[1] both of whom were members of the Chadian Democratic Union.[2]

Campaign

World War II had seen Chad become a territory whose primary political sentiment was loyalty to Charles de Gaulle; it had been recognised with numerous accolades for being the first territory to respond to his Appeal of 18 June, and had also been used as a base for Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque's desert campaign.[2] As a result, the Gaullist Chadian Democratic Union found it easy to recruit African members, despite its conservative views on African rights. The party put up European candidates for both college seats; Malbrant was a vet and de Boissoudy a colonel.[2]

Results
Candidate Votes %
First College
René Malbrant66379.9
Marcel Tournade11013.3
Georges Nègre404.8
Baptiste Bannister172.0
Invalid/blank votes76–
Total906100
Registered voters/turnout1,36166.6
Second College
Guy de Boissoudy3,04558.8
Aristide Issembé1,16222.5
Pierre Indo65612.5
Sekou Diarra1863.6
Frédéric Granier1342.6
Invalid/blank votes58–
Total5,241100
Registered voters/turnout6,85876.4
Source: Sternberger et al.

References
  1. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p2464 (in German)
  2. Edward Mortimer (1969) France and the Africans 1944–1960: A political history, Faber, p65
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