Territorial Assembly elections were held in Chad on 30 March 1952.Bernard Lanne (1998) Histoire politique du Tchad de 1945 à 1958: administration, partis, élections, KARTHALA Editions, p188, 194 The result was a victory for Gaullist parties,Edward Mortimer (1969) France and the Africans 1944–1960: A political history, Faber, p175 with the Rally of the French People winning all 15 seats in the First College and the Chadian Democratic Union winning 24 of the 30 seats in the Second College.
Electoral system The 45-seat Territorial Assembly had 15 seats elected by the first college in two constituencies, and 30 seats elected by the second college in ten constituencies.Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, pp2219–2220
Results
Elected members Five of the fifteen elected members of the First (European) College were civil servants and the remaining ten were a mix of notable businessmen, small entrepreneurs, transporters, and a hunting guide (Louis Jacquelot).
+ First College Name Party Constituency Jacques Ansot RPF-DIT North Noël Gassend RPF-DIT North Charles Hannot RPF-DIT North Pierre Jamat RPF-DIT North Henri Lepissier RPF-DIT North René Mauclair RPF-DIT North Paul Olivier RPF-DIT North Jérôme Paizee RPF-DIT North Roger Petitjean RPF-DIT North William Tardrew RPF-DIT North Paul Belleteste RPF-DIT South Georges Gerin RPF-DIT South Louis Jacquelot RPF-DIT South André Kieffer RPF-DIT South Marcel Lallia RPF-DIT South
Aftermath In the southern town of Bébalem, the announcement of the Chadian Progressive Party's defeat by the UDT (with the latter being close to colonial and traditional elites) led to farmer protests and subsequently the Bébalem massacre by colonial authorities.
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