The Union for Social Progress () was a list that contested the

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non-citizen constituency in the 1945 French Constituent Assembly election. The list was close to the

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. The candidates of the list were

Bachir Abdelouahab Bachir Ben Mohamed Abdelouahab (, December 2, 1897, Miliana - 1978, Algiers) was an Algerian politician and medical doctor. He practiced medicine in Blida, Zaouia street since March 1924, where he was elected municipal councillor and general co ...

, Mohand Achour, Abderrahmanne Bouthiba and

Abderrahmane Farès Abderrahmane Farès (; Arabic transcription, ALA-LC: ''ʿAbd ar-Raḥman Fāris''; ; January 30, 1911 – May 13, 1991) was the Chairman of the Provisional Executive of Algeria from 13 April 1962 to 20 September 1962. Biography Farès, who was b ...

. The list won three of the four seats allotted to the constituency. It got 136,109 votes out of 235,833 votes cast (in total there were 480,826 registered voters). Abdelouahab, Achour and Bouthiba were elected. However, Abdelouahab resigned from his seat in early 1946. On March 14, 1946, Adberrahmane Farès overtook his seat in the Constituent Assembly.

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