Abstention in 1960 Algerian elections evidenced F.L.N. control over the population.

Evidence

Even more than the Algiers demonstrations of the previous December, the riots showed just how firmly in the F.L.N.’s hands the bulk of the Algerian population was now held. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1440 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Proof that this kind of national consciousness existed, and of the control which the geographically absent G.P.R.A. exerted now over the Algerian people, was detectable in the local elections held in May 1960 where, though still mainly supporting de Gaulle, only fifty-six per cent of the electorate voted; while in the Casbah of Algiers the turn-out was down to thirty per cent, and in Sétif (the home town of Ferhat Abbas) to only fourteen per cent. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1250 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: December 1960’s Muslim demonstrations decisively turned the Algerian war; The 1961 riots proved the F.L.N. controlled most of the population — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1440; Low turnout in May 1960 elections betrayed the G.P.R.A.’s commanding influence over Algerians. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1250 (+4 more)

Related

• Low turnout in May 1960 elections betrayed the G.P.R.A.’s commanding influence over Algerians. (similarity 0.92)
• The F.L.N.’s planned December demonstration exploded far beyond organizers’ expectations. (similarity 0.88)
• The 1961 riots proved the F.L.N. controlled most of the population (similarity 0.87)
• December 1960’s Muslim demonstrations decisively turned the Algerian war (similarity 0.83)
• The A.L.N. appeared statistically defeated by early 1960 (similarity 0.81)
• After December 1960 the army, not the pieds noirs, drove events in Algeria (similarity 0.80)
• The 1960 election eclipsed the N.U.F. and entrenched S.N.L. dominance (similarity 0.80)
• The 1951 Algerian elections were rigged even more blatantly than those of 1948. (similarity 0.79)
• Algerians voted heavily for de Gaulle despite FLN abstention orders (similarity 0.79)
• Lifting military pressure let F.L.N. terrorism nearly double from November to December. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The 1961 riots proved the F.L.N. controlled most of the population #corroborates (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1440
• Low turnout in May 1960 elections betrayed the G.P.R.A.’s commanding influence over Algerians. #corroborates (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1250
• December 1960’s Muslim demonstrations decisively turned the Algerian war #complicates (0.40)
• The F.L.N.’s planned December demonstration exploded far beyond organizers’ expectations. #corroborates (0.40)
• The F.L.N.’s flags in Algiers triggered a mass demonstration exceeding all plans #corroborates (0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1305
• The 11 December Muslim mass revolt exceeded even the F.L.N.’s own expectations #corroborates (0.35)