Low turnout in May 1960 elections betrayed the G.P.R.A.’s commanding influence over Algerians.

Evidence

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

Categorization

• XREF: Election abstention as resistance echoes the F.L.N.’s earlier boycott tactics across the war. — connects to: Abstention in 1960 Algerian elections evidenced F.L.N. control over the population.; Interior Wilaya commanders wielded power greater than the exiled G.P.R.A. government. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 982; French refusal to recognise the G.P.R.A. freed Algeria from binding commitments — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1436 (+1 more)

Related

• Abstention in 1960 Algerian elections evidenced F.L.N. control over the population. (similarity 0.92)
• Algerians voted heavily for de Gaulle despite FLN abstention orders (similarity 0.81)
• The A.L.N. appeared statistically defeated by early 1960 (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• F.L.N. terrorism and G.P.R.A. assertiveness eroded the French ‘third force’ Muslim strategy #corroborates (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1283
• French refusal to recognise the G.P.R.A. freed Algeria from binding commitments #expands (0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1436