1957 Rwandan parliamentary election

Indirect parliamentary elections were held in Rwanda in 1957.

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Electoral system

The Decree of 14 July 1952 by the Belgian authorities introduced an element of democracy to the Rwandan political system. A complicated electoral system was created, which involved seven stages of elections to eventually elect the national Superior Council (French: Conseil Superieur du Pays).[1] The system was modified from the 1953–54 elections with all men aged 18 or over able to vote for the Sub-Chiefdom Councils, as voting had previously been restricted to notables.[2]

Council Elected members Ex officio members Other members
Sub-Chiefdom Council5–10 members elected by all men aged 18 and overSub-chiefs
Chiefdom Council10–18 members, 5–9 elected by sub-chiefs and 5–9 elected by notablesChiefs
Territorial CouncilSub-chiefs elected from amongst their own and notables elected by Chiefdom CouncilsChiefs
Superior Council6 chiefs elected from their own number, 9 notables elected by Territorial CouncilsKing, presidents of the Territorial CouncilsUp to 8 co-opted

Results

The elections in the sub-chiefdoms were held in 1956, with the elections to the Chiefdom Councils Territorial Councils and the Superior Council following in 1957.[3]

Council Members
Hutus Tutsis Total
Elected
chiefs		 Elected
notables		 Co-opted Elected
chiefs		 Elected
notables		 Ex officio Co-opted
Sub-chiefdom councils02,261001,29260304,160
Chiefdom councils01070298245540704
Territorial councils02104671460184
Superior Council0016910733
Source: Sternberger et al.

References
  1. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1699
  2. Sternberger et al., p1698
  3. Sternberger et al, p1725
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