Tunisian Communist Party

Tunisian Communist Party
الحزب الشيوعي التونسي
French nameParti communiste tunisien
Former Secretaries-generalAli Jrad (1939–1948) Mohamed Nafaâ (1948–1981)
Mohamed Harmel (1981–1993)
Founded21 May 1934 (1934-05-21)
Dissolved23 April 1993 (1993-04-23)
Succeeded byEttajdid Movement
IdeologyMarxism[1]
International affiliationComintern (1934-1943)

The Tunisian Communist Party (Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي التونسي el-Ḥizb esh-Shuyū‘i et-Tūnsi ; French: Parti Communiste Tunisien) 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.[1] On 23 April 1993, the PCT abandoned communism and changed its name to the Ettajdid Movement.

Electoral history

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Chamber of Deputies elections

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Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
1956 Mohamed Nafaâ 7,352 1.2%
0 / 98
Steady Increase 2nd Extra-parliamentary
1959 3,471 0.3%
0 / 90
Steady Steady 2nd Extra-parliamentary
1981 Mohamed Harmel 14,677 0.12%
0 / 136
Steady Decrease 4th Extra-parliamentary

References

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  1. ^ a b Gilberg, Trond (1989). Coalition Strategies of Marxist Parties. Duke University Press. pp. 239–263. ISBN 0822308495. Retrieved 1 February 2018.