1956 French legislative election in Chad and Ubangi-Shari

Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Chad and Ubangi-Shari on 2 January 1956. The territories elected four seats to the Assembly via two electoral colleges; the first college spanned both territories and elected one seat, whilst Chad elected two seats via the second college and Ubangi-Shari one. René Malbrant was re-elected from the first college and Barthélémy Boganda from the second college in Ubangi-Shari. In the second college in Chad the Chadian Union and Chadian Social Action won one seat each, taken by Gabriel Lisette and Arabi El Goni respectively.

Campaign

The Chadian Union alliance was formed by the Chadian Progressive Party, the Independent Socialist Party of Chad, the Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance and the Radical Socialist Party to contest the second college seat in Chad, nominating Gabriel Lisette and Djeraki Zaïd as its candidates.

Results

First college

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	René Malbrant	National Centre of Social Republicans	2,852	66.45
	René Appaix	French Section of the Workers' International	881	20.53
	André Vazel	National Centre of Independents and Peasants	559	13.02
Total			4,292	100.00
Valid votes			4,292	94.52
Invalid/blank votes			249	5.48
Total votes			4,541	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			6,176	73.53
Source: Sternberger et al.

Second college

Chad

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Chadian Union–UDSR	130,843	44.41	1	+1
	Chadian Social Action–CNRS	105,258	35.72	1	New
	French Section of the Workers' International	28,254	9.59	0	New
	Independent Democratic Union of Chad	19,467	6.61	0	New
	Chadian Democratic Workers' Bloc	5,989	2.03	0	New
	Chadian Bloc–IOM	4,843	1.64	0	New
Total		294,654	100.00	2	0
Valid votes		294,654	97.98
Invalid/blank votes		6,062	2.02
Total votes		300,716	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		551,545	54.52
Source: Sternberger et al.

Ubangi-Shari

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Barthélemy Boganda	Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa–CNIP	155,952	88.52
	Jean-Baptiste Songo-Mali	National Centre of Independents and Peasants	20,230	11.48
Total			176,182	100.00
Valid votes			176,182	97.30
Invalid/blank votes			4,881	2.70
Total votes			181,063	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			271,577	66.67
Source: Sternberger et al.