<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Upper_Voltan_Territorial_Assembly_election" id="mw9A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1957 Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election">Elections to the Territorial Assembly</a> of the French colony <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Upper_Volta" id="mw9Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Upper Volta">Upper Volta</a> are held. After the elections <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Democratic_Party" id="mw9g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Unified Democratic Party">PDU</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaic_Democratic_Movement" id="mw9w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Voltaic Democratic Movement">MDV</a> form a government.