De Gaulle’s 1958 elections crushed Communist representation in the Assembly

Evidence

In November 1958 de Gaulle followed up his referendum triumph with a major success at the elections for the Assembly; it was a grave defeat for the Left, with the Communist deputies reduced from 145 to a mere ten. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 956

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Communists and the Algiers lobby made any liberal Algerian policy impossible in the Assembly. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 749; De Gaulle won an 80 percent Yes vote in the September 1958 referendum — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 934

Related

• De Gaulle won an 80 percent Yes vote in the September 1958 referendum (similarity 0.87)
• Communists and the Algiers lobby made any liberal Algerian policy impossible in the Assembly. (similarity 0.86)
• Algerians voted heavily for de Gaulle despite FLN abstention orders (similarity 0.82)
• The Left’s abortive strike showed it could not mount a counter-coup (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle’s political successes could not translate into any Algerian peace progress (similarity 0.80)
• The 1951 Algerian elections were rigged even more blatantly than those of 1948. (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle paired Muslim representation guarantees with a peace offer to the FLN (similarity 0.78)
• Algeria was only one element of de Gaulle’s larger ambitions. (similarity 0.78)