Algerian Assembly election, 1951

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Elections to the Algerian Assembly were held in Algeria in February 1951.[1] Like other post-1948 elections in French Algeria, it was rigged by the authorities to ensure the defeat of Algerian nationalists.[2]

Electoral system

The Assembly was elected by two colleges, each of which elected 60 seats; the First College consisted of Europeans and évolués, whilst the Second College was composed of the remainder of the Algerian population.

Results

Party First College Second College Seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Total +/–
Rally of the French People 32320
Radical Socialist Party 13 0130
Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto 77–1
French Section of the Workers' International 55+1
Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties 58–4
Popular Republican Movement 2 24+1
Algerian Union 33+3
Algerian Communist Party 110
Progressive independents 1515+1
Independents 7 2734–2
Total 60 601200
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

  1. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p432 (German)
  2. Frank Tachau (1994) Political parties of the Middle East and North Africa, Greenwood Press, p10
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