1951 French legislative election in Togo

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Elections to the French National Assembly were held in French Togoland on 17 June 1951 as part of the wider French elections. Nicolas Grunitzky of the Togolese Party of Progress was elected with 61% of the vote, defeating the incumbent Martin Aku. The result was a reversal of the November 1946 election, in which Aku defeated Grunitzky.

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nicolas Grunitzky	Togolese Party of Progress	16,255	61.29
	Martin Aku	Committee of Togolese Unity	10,268	38.71
Total			26,523	100.00

Valid votes			26,523	98.82
Invalid/blank votes			317	1.18
Total votes			26,840	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			32,496	82.59
Source: Sternberger et al.

Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p2202

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