Indirect parliamentary elections were held in Burundi in 1957.
BackgroundEdit
The Decree of 14 July 1952 by the Belgian authorities had introduced an element of democracy to the Burundian political system. A complicated electoral system was created, which involved seven stages of elections to eventually elect the National Superior Council (French: Superieur du Pays).[1]
The elections began in the sub-chiefdoms, then were held in the chiefdoms, then the territories, and finally at the national level.[2]
ResultsEdit
The elections in the sub-chiefdoms in 1956, with the elections to the Chiefdom Councils, Territorial Councils and the Superior Council following in 1957.[3] The number of Tutsis elected to all bodies increased, whilst the number of elected Hutus decreased in comparison with the 1954 elections.[3]
1957, burundian, parliamentary, election, indirect, parliamentary, elections, were, held, burundi, 1957, background, editthe, decree, july, 1952, belgian, authorities, introduced, element, democracy, burundian, political, system, complicated, electoral, system. Indirect parliamentary elections were held in Burundi in 1957 Background EditThe Decree of 14 July 1952 by the Belgian authorities had introduced an element of democracy to the Burundian political system A complicated electoral system was created which involved seven stages of elections to eventually elect the National Superior Council French Superieur du Pays 1 The elections began in the sub chiefdoms then were held in the chiefdoms then the territories and finally at the national level 2 Results EditThe elections in the sub chiefdoms in 1956 with the elections to the Chiefdom Councils Territorial Councils and the Superior Council following in 1957 3 The number of Tutsis elected to all bodies increased whilst the number of elected Hutus decreased in comparison with the 1954 elections 3 Council MembersHutus Tutsis TotalElected Unelected Elected UnelectedSub chiefdom councils 2 240 0 1 134 530 3 904Chiefdom councils 66 0 192 24 282Territorial councils 12 0 56 24 92Superior Council 0 2 29 31Source Sternberger et al References Edit Dolf Sternberger Bernhard Vogel Dieter Nohlen amp Klaus Landfried 1978 Die Wahl der Parlamente Band II Afrika Erster Halbband p572 Sternberger et al p599 a b Sternberger et al p600 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1957 Burundian parliamentary election amp oldid 1173366248, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
