The Union of Chiefs and Peoples of the North ( French : Union des Chefs et des Populations du Nord , UCPN) was a political party in Togo .
5-471: The party was established in 1951 as an organisation representing traditional chiefs and notables from northern Togoland, and was allied with the pro-French Togolese Party of Progress (PTP). In the December 1951 Representative Assembly elections it won 12 of the 24 Second College seats. 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
10-661: 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 . This article about a political party in Togo is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Togolese Party of Progress The Togolese Party of Progress ( French : Parti togolais du progrès , PTP)
15-578: The 30 seats in the 1952 Territorial Assembly elections with 25% of the vote. In 1954 a split in the party led to the formation of the Togolese People's Movement . In the 1955 elections the party's vote share increased to 45%, as it won 15 seats, with its ally, the Union of Chiefs and Peoples of the North (UCPN), winning the other 15. However, it was reduced to three seats in the 1958 elections . In October 1959
20-611: Was a political party in Togo . The party was established by Nicolas Grunitzky , Pedro Olympio and Dermane Ayéva in 1946, becoming the second party in Togo. Its formation was encouraged by the French authorities, who were concerned about the anti-French attitude of the Committee of Togolese Unity (CUT). Grunitzky stood as the PTP candidate for the November 1946 French National Assembly elections , but
25-635: Was defeated by Martin Aku of the CUT. In the Representative Assembly elections in December the party won just one of the 24 African seats. By the early 1950s the party had increased in popularity; in the 1951 Representative Assembly elections it won 11 of the 24 seats, whilst in the 1951 French elections Grunitzky defeated Aku. He was subsequently re-elected unopposed in the 1956 elections . The PTP won six of
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