French legislative election, 1951 (Algeria)
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Elections to the National Assembly of France were held in Algeria
on 17 June 1951. There were 30 seats for Algeria out of 625 at the National Assembly and 14 at the Council of the Republic (Senate).
As for the Algerian Assembly elected in 1948
and for the previous French legislative elections in 1945 and 1946, there were two electoral colleges, one for the Europeans, plus the Algerian Jews and a few Algerian Muslims ("French citizens") and one for the Algerian Muslims. Each college elected the same number of deputies, although the population ratio was about 1 to 7.
The 1951 legislative elections among the Muslim College, like the Algerian Assembly election of 1948
, were rigged by the colonial administration to the detriment of the three anticolonial parties, the Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties
, the Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto
and the Algerian Communist Party
. The last one got two deputies in the European College, one in Alger and one in Oran.
These legislative elections were the last ones organized in Algeria under the Fourth Republic
, in 1956 it was impossible to organize elections in the midst of the Algerian War.
The last French legislative elections organized in Algeria before independence were held in 1958.
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Third district
First College
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French Algeria
French Algeria lasted from 1830 to 1962, under a variety of governmental systems. From 1848 until independence, the whole Mediterranean region of Algeria was administered as an integral part of France, much like Corsica and Réunion are to this day. The vast arid interior of Algeria, like the rest...
on 17 June 1951. There were 30 seats for Algeria out of 625 at the National Assembly and 14 at the Council of the Republic (Senate).
As for the Algerian Assembly elected in 1948
Algerian Assembly election, 1948
Elections for a new Assembly were held in French colonial Algeria on 4 and 11 April 1948. The new 120-seat Assembly was to be elected by two colleges, each of which would vote for 60 seats; one college represented around 1,500,000 Europeans and Algerian Jews, plus a few thousands "évolués" Muslims,...
and for the previous French legislative elections in 1945 and 1946, there were two electoral colleges, one for the Europeans, plus the Algerian Jews and a few Algerian Muslims ("French citizens") and one for the Algerian Muslims. Each college elected the same number of deputies, although the population ratio was about 1 to 7.
The 1951 legislative elections among the Muslim College, like the Algerian Assembly election of 1948
Algerian Assembly election, 1948
Elections for a new Assembly were held in French colonial Algeria on 4 and 11 April 1948. The new 120-seat Assembly was to be elected by two colleges, each of which would vote for 60 seats; one college represented around 1,500,000 Europeans and Algerian Jews, plus a few thousands "évolués" Muslims,...
, were rigged by the colonial administration to the detriment of the three anticolonial parties, the Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties
Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties
The Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties , name proposed by Maiza, was created October 1946 to replace the outlawed Parti du Peuple Algerien . Messali Hadj remained as its president....
, the Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto
Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto
Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto was a political party in colonial Algeria founded in 1946 by Ferhat Abbas, who was than elected deputy. The UDMA reflected the change in Abbas' point of view...
and the Algerian Communist Party
Algerian Communist Party
The Algerian Communist Party was a communist party in Algeria. The PCA emerged in 1920 as an extension the French Communist Party and eventually became a separate entity in 1936 ....
. The last one got two deputies in the European College, one in Alger and one in Oran.
These legislative elections were the last ones organized in Algeria under the Fourth Republic
French Fourth Republic
The French Fourth Republic was the republican government of France between 1946 and 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Third Republic, which was in place before World War II, and suffered many of the same problems...
, in 1956 it was impossible to organize elections in the midst of the Algerian War.
The last French legislative elections organized in Algeria before independence were held in 1958.
Alger
| Party | First college | Second college | Total seats |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
| Union algérienne | 29,727 | 1 | |||||
| 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Union list of Independents and of the Rally of the French People Rally of the French People The Rally of the French People was a French political party, led by Charles de Gaulle.-Foundation:... |
72,132 | 47.2% | 4 | ||||
| 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties The Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties , name proposed by Maiza, was created October 1946 to replace the outlawed Parti du Peuple Algerien . Messali Hadj remained as its president.... |
- | - | 0 | 31,225 | 10.6% | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto was a political party in colonial Algeria founded in 1946 by Ferhat Abbas, who was than elected deputy. The UDMA reflected the change in Abbas' point of view... |
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| - | 0 | 13,204 | 4.5% | 0 | 0 | ||
| French Section of the Workers' International | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Liste communiste et d’union démocratique (Algerian Communist Party Algerian Communist Party The Algerian Communist Party was a communist party in Algeria. The PCA emerged in 1920 as an extension the French Communist Party and eventually became a separate entity in 1936 .... ) |
31,714 | 20.7% | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Concorde et entente républicaine | - | - | - | 231,769 | 5 | 5 | |
| Total | 153,017 | 6 | 295,640 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Registered voters | 228,101 | ||||||
| 453,075 | |||||||
| Sources: Biographies of former deputies, website of the French National Assembly | |||||||
First College
- Adolphe Aumeran (1887 - 1980) Union algérienne (Républicains indépendantsNational Centre of Independents and PeasantsThe National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...
) - Georges Blachette (1900 - 1980) Union list of Independents and of the Rally of the French PeopleRally of the French PeopleThe Rally of the French People was a French political party, led by Charles de Gaulle.-Foundation:...
(Républicains indépendantsNational Centre of Independents and PeasantsThe National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...
) - Paulin Colonna d'Istria (1905 - 1982) Union list of Independents and of the Rally of the French PeopleRally of the French PeopleThe Rally of the French People was a French political party, led by Charles de Gaulle.-Foundation:...
(Rally of the French PeopleRally of the French PeopleThe Rally of the French People was a French political party, led by Charles de Gaulle.-Foundation:...
) until 27 November 1951- replaced by Jacques ChevallierJacques ChevallierJacques Chevallier was a liberal pied noir mayor of Algiers who governed the city at the head of a coalition of pied noir and Moslem representatives....
Républicains indépendantsNational Centre of Independents and PeasantsThe National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...
from 27 January 1952
- replaced by Jacques Chevallier
- Pierre Fayet (1887 - 1977) Algerian Communist PartyAlgerian Communist PartyThe Algerian Communist Party was a communist party in Algeria. The PCA emerged in 1920 as an extension the French Communist Party and eventually became a separate entity in 1936 ....
- Marcel Paternot (1912 - 1993) Union list of Independents and of the Rally of the French PeopleRally of the French PeopleThe Rally of the French People was a French political party, led by Charles de Gaulle.-Foundation:...
(Républicains indépendantsNational Centre of Independents and PeasantsThe National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...
) - Marcel Ribère (1900 - 1966) Union list of Independents and of the Rally of the French PeopleRally of the French PeopleThe Rally of the French People was a French political party, led by Charles de Gaulle.-Foundation:...
(Rally of the French PeopleRally of the French PeopleThe Rally of the French People was a French political party, led by Charles de Gaulle.-Foundation:...
)
Second College
- Ahmed Aït-Ali (1886 - 1962) Popular Republican MovementPopular Republican MovementThe Popular Republican Movement was a French Christian democratic party of the Fourth Republic...
(elected on the Concorde et entente républicaine list) - Abderrahmane Bentounès (1913 - 2010) (French Section of the Workers' International in 1946-51) Centre républicain d'action paysanne et sociale et des démocrates indépendantsNational Centre of Independents and PeasantsThe National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...
(elected on the Concorde et entente républicaine list) - Ali Ben Lakhdar Brahimi (1911 - 1976) French Section of the Workers' International (elected on the Concorde et entente républicaine list)
- Menouar Saïah (1905 - 1982)(former senator, 1948-1951) Radical Party (elected on the Concorde et entente républicaine list)
- Amar Smaïl (1901 - 1967) Radical Party (elected on the Concorde et entente républicaine list)
First College
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| liste d'Union républicaine et de Rassemblement des gauches républicaines René Mayer Paul Pantaloni |
31,942 | 39% | 2 |
| liste de Rassemblement des gauches républicaines (RGR) et indépendants français Jules Valle |
17.7% | 1 | |
| Rally of the French People Rally of the French People The Rally of the French People was a French political party, led by Charles de Gaulle.-Foundation:... Léon Haumesser |
14,284 | 17.4% | 1 |
| Rassemblement des populations algériennes | 0 | ||
| Total | 81,959 | 100% | 4 |
- Léon Haumesser (1903 - 1991) Rally of the French PeopleRally of the French PeopleThe Rally of the French People was a French political party, led by Charles de Gaulle.-Foundation:...
- René MayerRené MayerRené Mayer was a French Radical politician of the Fourth Republic who served briefly as Prime Minister during 1953. He led the Mayer Authority from 1955 to 1958.-Mayer's Ministry, 8 January – 28 June 1953:*René Mayer – President of the Council...
(1895 - 1972)(Minister of Justice) Radical Party (elected on the Rally of Republican LeftsRally of Republican LeftsThe Rally of Republican Lefts was an electoral alliance during the French Fourth Republic composed of the Radical Party, the Independent Radicals, the Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance and several conservative groups...
list) - Paul Pantaloni (1884 - 1973) Républicains indépendantsNational Centre of Independents and PeasantsThe National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...
- Jules Valle (1894 - 1965)(Senator 1948-1951) Français indépendants
Second College
| Party | First district | Second district | Third district | Total seats |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
| Indépendants progressistes | 153,729 | 91,7% | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||
| Républicains indépendants | - | |||||||||
| - | 109,731 | 74.5% | 3 | |||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||
| Union démocratique (MRP) | - | |||||||||
| - | - | - | 31% | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Union républicaine (RGR) | - | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | 36% | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties The Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties , name proposed by Maiza, was created October 1946 to replace the outlawed Parti du Peuple Algerien . Messali Hadj remained as its president.... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto was a political party in colonial Algeria founded in 1946 by Ferhat Abbas, who was than elected deputy. The UDMA reflected the change in Abbas' point of view... |
0 | 0 | 27,552 | 26,6% | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 167,632 | 100% | 2 | 147,232 | 100% | 3 | 103,411 | 100% | 2 | 7 |
| Registered voters | ||||||||||
| 219,809 | ||||||||||
| 183,507 | ||||||||||
| Sources: Biographies of former deputies, website of the French National Assembly | ||||||||||
First district
- Mohamed Bengana (1914 - 1996) Radical Party
- Abdelkader Cadi (1904 - 1955) Democratic and Socialist Union of the ResistanceDemocratic and Socialist Union of the ResistanceThe Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance was a French political party found at the Liberation and in activity during the Fourth Republic...
(deceased on 2 January 1955)- replaced through a by-election on 13 March 1955 by his brother Ali Cadi (1899 - 1963) Democratic and Socialist Union of the ResistanceDemocratic and Socialist Union of the ResistanceThe Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance was a French political party found at the Liberation and in activity during the Fourth Republic...
(resigns on 8 November 1955)
- replaced through a by-election on 13 March 1955 by his brother Ali Cadi (1899 - 1963) Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance
Second district
- Mostefa Benbahmed (1899 - 1978) French Section of the Workers' International
- Mohamed Salah Bendjelloul (1893 - 1985) Rally of the French PeopleRally of the French PeopleThe Rally of the French People was a French political party, led by Charles de Gaulle.-Foundation:...
- ARS - Youcef Kessous (1894 - 1952) Républicains indépendantsNational Centre of Independents and PeasantsThe National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...
(deceased on 1 June 1952)- replaced on 13 July 1952 through a by-election (elected with 86% of the votes) by Amar Naroun (1906 - 1988) Républicains indépendantsNational Centre of Independents and PeasantsThe National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...
- replaced on 13 July 1952 through a by-election (elected with 86% of the votes) by Amar Naroun (1906 - 1988) Républicains indépendants
Third district
- Allaoua Ben Aly Chérif (1895 - 1976) Popular Republican MovementPopular Republican MovementThe Popular Republican Movement was a French Christian democratic party of the Fourth Republic...
- Abdelmadjid Ourabah (1905 - 1967)(Senator 1946-1951) Radical Party
Oran
| Party | First college | Second college | Total seats |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
| Liste de réconciliation républicaine et de sauvegarde de l’Algérie française (Independents and Radicals) | 12.3% | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Rally of the French People Rally of the French People The Rally of the French People was a French political party, led by Charles de Gaulle.-Foundation:... |
32,385 | 22.8% | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rally of Republican Lefts Rally of Republican Lefts The Rally of Republican Lefts was an electoral alliance during the French Fourth Republic composed of the Radical Party, the Independent Radicals, the Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance and several conservative groups... |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| List of Republican Democrats (Popular Republican Movement Popular Republican Movement The Popular Republican Movement was a French Christian democratic party of the Fourth Republic... ) |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties The Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties , name proposed by Maiza, was created October 1946 to replace the outlawed Parti du Peuple Algerien . Messali Hadj remained as its president.... |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto was a political party in colonial Algeria founded in 1946 by Ferhat Abbas, who was than elected deputy. The UDMA reflected the change in Abbas' point of view... |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| French Section of the Workers' International | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Liste communiste et d’union démocratique (Algerian Communist Party Algerian Communist Party The Algerian Communist Party was a communist party in Algeria. The PCA emerged in 1920 as an extension the French Communist Party and eventually became a separate entity in 1936 .... ) |
134,136 | 26,5% | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Liste démocratique indépendante d'Union franco-musulmane | |||||||
| 154,385 | 77% | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Centre républicain d'action paysanne et sociale et des démocrates indépendants National Centre of Independents and Peasants The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the... |
23,210 | 17.3% | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 134,136 | 100% | 5 | 200,364 | 100% | 3 | 8 |
| Registered voters | 198,098 | ||||||
| Sources: Biographies of former deputies, website of the French National Assembly | |||||||
First College
- Henri Fouques-Duparc (1903 - 1976)(senator in 1948-1951) Rally of the French PeopleRally of the French PeopleThe Rally of the French People was a French political party, led by Charles de Gaulle.-Foundation:...
- François Quilici (1905 - 1977) Républicains indépendantsNational Centre of Independents and PeasantsThe National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...
- Maurice Rabier (1907 - 1999) French Section of the Workers' International
- Roger de Saivre (1908 - 1964) Centre républicain d'action paysanne et sociale et des démocrates indépendantsNational Centre of Independents and PeasantsThe National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...
- Alice Sportisse Gomez-Nadal (1909 - 1996) Algerian Communist PartyAlgerian Communist PartyThe Algerian Communist Party was a communist party in Algeria. The PCA emerged in 1920 as an extension the French Communist Party and eventually became a separate entity in 1936 ....
Second College
- Djilali Hakiki (1907 - 1962) Radical Party
- Ahmed Mekki-Bezzeghoud (1883 - 1953) Radical Party (deceased on 23 July 1953)
- replaced by Chérif Sid Cara (fr)(1902 - 1999)(Senator in 1946-1953, Secretary of State in 1957-1958) Radical Party at a by-election on 20 September 1953
- Djelloul Ould Kadi ((1920 - 2000)) Democratic and Socialist Union of the ResistanceDemocratic and Socialist Union of the ResistanceThe Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance was a French political party found at the Liberation and in activity during the Fourth Republic...
See also
- French legislative election, 1951French legislative election, 1951Legislative elections were held in France on 17 June 1951 to elect the second National Assembly of the Fourth Republic.After the Second World War, the three parties which took a major part in the French Resistance to the German occupation dominated the political scene and government: the French...
- French legislative election, 1951 (Guinea)French legislative election, 1951 (Guinea)Elections to the National Assembly of France were held in Guinea on 17 June 1951. The number of seats Guinea had in the Assembly had increased from two to three...
- (on the Wikipedia in French) Liste des députés de l'Algérie française