1951 Algerian Assembly election
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]
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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 | |||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total | +/– | |
| Rally of the French People | 32 | – | – | – | 32 | 0 | ||
| Radical Socialist Party | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto | – | – | – | 7 | 7 | –1 | ||
| French Section of the Workers' International | 5 | – | – | – | 5 | +1 | ||
| Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties | – | – | – | 5 | 8 | –4 | ||
| Popular Republican Movement | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | ||||
| Algerian Union | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | +3 | ||
| Algerian Communist Party | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Progressive independents | – | – | – | 15 | 15 | +1 | ||
| Independents | 7 | 27 | 34 | –2 | ||||
| Total | 60 | 60 | 120 | 0 | ||||
| Source: Sternberger et al. | ||||||||
References
- Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p432 (in German)
- Frank Tachau (1994) Political parties of the Middle East and North Africa, Greenwood Press, p10
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