Two members were elected from the seat, with the winners being French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) candidates Lamine Guèye and Léopold Sédar Senghor.
[2] Although relations between the French and Africans in Senegal had improved during World War II, the situation had worsened again towards the end of the conflict.
In November 1944 a group of French African soldiers who had been captured by the Germans were returned to Senegal and housed in a base at Thiaroye.
When they failed to receive their promised pay in arrears, the soldiers refused an order to board lorries heading for Bamako.
He had lived abroad for several years and only joined the party 16 hours before being chosen as its candidate, largely due to the influence of Lamine Guèye.