Portuguese legislative election, 1957 (Angola)

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Elections to the Portuguese National Assembly were held in Angola in 1957 as part of the wider Portuguese elections.^[1]

Electoral system

The franchise was restriected, with only 56,108 of the population of approximately 4,335,000 registered to vote.^[1]

A total of 49,084 voters participated in the election, giving a voter turnout of 87.5%.^[1]

1 2 3 Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p487

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