Party of Togolese Unity

{{One source|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox political party | name = Party of Togolese Unity | native_name = Parti de l'unité togolaise | native_name_lang = fr | colorcode = {{party color|Party of Togolese Unity}} | logo = | founder = [[Sylvanus Olympio]] | successor = | foundation = {{start date|1941|03|13|df=yes}} | dissolution = {{end date|1963}} | headquarters = Lomé, Togo | ideology = [[African nationalism]] | membership = | country = Togo }} {{Politics of Togo}}

The '''Party of Togolese Unity''' ({{langx|fr|Parti de l'unité togolaise}}, PUT), initially known as the '''Committee of Togolese Unity''' (''Comité de l'unité togolaise'', CUT) until 1963, was a [[political party]] in [[Togo]]. The party was formed on 13 March 1941 as CUT and led by [[Sylvanus Olympio]]. CUT gradually became more radical, and from 1947 onwards it demanded [[self-determination]]. In 1951, a moderate faction broke away and formed the [[Union of Chiefs and Peoples of the North]] (UCPN). During the period from 1951 to 1958, CUT was the main opposition party in [[French Togoland]], and represented the mainstream of the anticolonialist movement in the territory.

== Electoral history ==

=== Presidential elections === {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center !'''Election''' !Party candidate !'''Votes''' !'''%''' !Result |- |[[1961 Togolese general election|1961]] |[[Sylvanus Olympio]] |560,938 |100% |'''Elected''' {{Y}} |}

=== National Assembly elections === {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center !'''Election''' !Party leader !'''Votes''' !'''%''' !'''Seats''' !+/– !'''Position''' |- |[[1946 French Togoland Representative Assembly election|1946]] | rowspan="6" |[[Sylvanus Olympio]] | | |{{Composition bar|14|30|{{party color|Party of Togolese Unity}}}} |{{increase}} 14 |{{increase}} 1st |- |[[1951 French Togoland Representative Assembly election|1951]] | | |{{Composition bar|1|30|{{party color|Party of Togolese Unity}}}} |{{decrease}} 13 |{{decrease}} 3rd |- |[[1952 French Togoland Territorial Assembly election|1952]] |10,650 {{Small|(in alliance with [[Juvento]])}} |25.7% |{{Composition bar|9|30|{{party color|Party of Togolese Unity}}}} |{{increase}} 8 |{{increase}} 2nd |- |[[1955 French Togoland Territorial Assembly election|1955]] | colspan="2" |Boycotted |{{Composition bar|0|30|{{party color|Party of Togolese Unity}}}} |{{decrease}} 9 | |- |[[1958 French Togoland parliamentary election|1958]] |190,098 |61.2% |{{Composition bar|29|46|{{party color|Party of Togolese Unity}}}} |{{increase}} 29 |{{increase}} 1st |- |[[1961 Togolese general election|1961]] |560,938 |100% |{{Composition bar|52|52|{{party color|Party of Togolese Unity}}}} |{{increase}} 23 |{{steady}} 1st |}

== References == * Toulabor, Comi M. ''Le Togo sous Eyadéma''. Paris: Karthala, 1986.

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