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.[1] In the second college in Chad the Chadian Union and
Chadian Social Action won one seat each,[2] taken by
Gabriel Lisette and
Arabi El Goni respectively.[3]