1954 Algerian Assembly election
Elections to the Algerian Assembly were held in Algeria in February 1954.[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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Member State of the African Union Member State of the Arab League |
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 | 39 | – | – | – | 39 | +7 | ||
Radical Socialist Party | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||||
Popular Republican Movement | 4 | 5 | 9 | +5 | ||||
Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | –2 | ||
French Section of the Workers' International | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | –1 | ||
Algerian Union | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | –3 | ||
Algerian Communist Party | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
Independents | – | – | – | 49 | 49 | 0 | ||
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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