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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]
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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]
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.
| Party | First College | Second College | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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| 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. | |||||||||
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