1951 Algerian Assembly election

Elections to the Algerian Assembly were held in Algeria on 4 and 11 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			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

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