Elected to the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia in 1956
The Constituent Assembly election was held in Tunisia on March 25, 1956, five days after independence from France . The election took place in the Kingdom of Tunisia ; because of secret agreements negotiated between Habib Bourguiba of the Neo-Destur party and King Lamine Bey , voters could only vote for party lists and not for individual candidates.
The result was a victory for the National Union , an alliance of Neo-Destur, the General Union of Tunisian Trade Unions , the National Union of Tunisian Peasants and the Tunisian Union of Craftsmen and Traders , which won all 98 seats, while the opposition comprised communists and independents collectively received only 1.3% of the votes; many expressed their opposition by abstaining from voting (41% in Tunis). After the election, Habib Bourguiba was appointed Prime Minister of the Neo-Destur dominated government. The turnout was 83.6%.
Results
| Political party | be right | proportion of | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Union | 597.763 | 98.7% | 98 |
| Tunisian Communist Party | 7,352 | 1.2% | 0 |
| Non-attached | 235 | 0.1% | 0 |
| Invalid / Empty Voices | 1,447 | - | - |
| total | 606.899 | 100% | 98 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Tunisia. In: Local Histories.
- ^ Tunisia - Political parties. In: Encyclopedia of the Nations .
- ^ Clement Henry Moore : Tunisia Since Independence. The Dynamics of One-Party Government. University of California Press, Berkeley 1965, p. 74 .
- ↑ Europa World Year Book 2, 2nd book. P. 4201 .
- ^ A b Dieter Nohlen , Michael Krennerich, Bernhard Thibaut: Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1999, ISBN 0-19-829645-2 , p. 918.
