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{{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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[[Category:Political parties in French West Africa]]


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