Rwandan parliamentary election, 1957

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Indirect parliamentary elections were held in Rwanda in 1957.

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 Council	5–10 members elected by all men aged 18 and over	Sub-chiefs
Chiefdom Council	10–18 members, 5–9 elected by sub-chiefs and 5–9 elected by notables	Chiefs
Territorial Council	Sub-chiefs elected from amongst their own and notables elected by Chiefdom Councils	Chiefs
Superior Council	6 chiefs elected from their own number, 9 notables elected by Territorial Councils	King, presidents of the Territorial Councils	Up 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	Total
Sub-chiefdom councils	0	2,261	0	0	1,292	603	0	4,160
Chiefdom councils	0	107	0	298	245	54	0	704
Territorial councils	0	21	0	46	71	46	0	184
Superior Council	0	0	1	6	9	10	7	33
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

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

Elections and referendums in Rwanda

Presidential elections	1965 1969 1978 1983 1988 2003 2010 2017

Parliamentary elections	1954 1957 1961 1965 1969 1981 1983 1988 2003 2008 2013

Referendums	1961 1978 2003 2015

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