Tunisian Communist Party

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The Tunisian Communist Party (Template:Langx Template:Transliteration ; Template:Langx) was a Marxist political party in Tunisia. The PCT was founded on 21 May 1934 as the Tunisian federation of the French Communist Party, and it was later converted into an independent organization. The party was banned by the Vichy regime in 1939, but after the Anglo-American liberation of Tunisia in 1943, it was able to operate legally again. It was banned again in 1962 and legalized in 1981.<ref name="GilbergTrond"/> On 23 April 1993, the PCT abandoned communism and changed its name to the Ettajdid Movement.

Electoral history

Chamber of Deputies elections

Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
1956 Mohamed Nafaâ 7,352 1.2% Template:Composition bar Template:Steady Template:Increase 2nd Extra-parliamentary
1959 3,471 0.3% Template:Composition bar Template:Steady Template:Steady 2nd Extra-parliamentary
1981 Mohamed Harmel 14,677 0.12% Template:Composition bar Template:Steady Template:Decrease 4th Extra-parliamentary

References

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