However, the 1956 electoral reforms expanded the pool of eligible voters and saw power begin to pass to the Christian and Animist south where the PPT had most of its support.

[citation needed] In 1962 a new constitution made Chad a one-party state, with the PPT as the sole legal party.

[3] As a result, the party won every seat in the National Assembly in the 1962, 1963 and 1969 parliamentary elections, whilst PPT leader François Tombalbaye was re-elected President unopposed in 1969.

[citation needed] Whilst women formed an early part of the political party, by 1968 Kalthouma Nguembang was the only woman in the National Assembly.

[4] In 1973 the party was renamed the "National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution" to consolidate support for Tombalbaye–who had changed his name to N'Garta–in the midst of a civil war.