Union of Chiefs and Peoples of the North

The Union of Chiefs and Peoples of the North (, UCPN) was a political party in Togo.

History The party was established in 1951 as an organisation representing traditional chiefs and notables from northern Togoland,Renate Helm (2004) Politische Herrschaft in Togo: das Problem der Demokratisierung, LIT Verlag Münster, p62 and was allied with the pro-French Togolese Party of Progress (PTP).Nicoué Lodjou Gayibor *2011) Histoire des Togolais: Des origines aux années 1960. Le refus de l'ordre colonial, Volume 4, KARTHALA Editions, p579 In the December 1951 Representative Assembly elections it won 12 of the 24 Second College seats.Démocratie coloniale et mascarades électorales au Togo Centre d'Etude d'Afrique Noire - Institut d’études politiques de Bordeaux In the 1952 elections it won 15 of the 30 seats. It won 15 seats again in the 1955 elections, but was reduced to ten seats in the 1958 elections as the Assembly was increased in size to 46 seats.

In October 1959 the party merged with the PTP to form the Democratic Union of the Togolese People.Helm, p63

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