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
editThe 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
edit| Party | First College | Second College | Total seats | +/– | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
| 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 | 5 | –4 | ||||||
| Popular Republican Movement | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | |||||
| Algerian Union | 3 | 3 | +3 | ||||||
| Algerian Communist Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Progressive independents | 15 | 15 | +1 | ||||||
| Other parties | 1 | 1 | – | ||||||
| Independents | 7 | 27 | 34 | –2 | |||||
| Total | 60 | 60 | 120 | 0 | |||||
| Source: Sternberger et al. | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ 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