Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan 1948, magudi a zaben ya hana jam'iyyun kishin kasa samun nasara a zaben. Duk da haka, UDMA ta shiga cikin yakin neman zabe. Bayan da aka kafa FLN (National Liberation Front) da kuma farkon yakin basasa, an yi amfani da shi a matsayin makami na yaki.
Yaƙin don Independence, an gudanar da shawarwari don tattauna haɗuwar UDMA tare da FLN. A ƙarshe, an yanke shawarar cewa UDMA, kamar Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Aljeriya, za ta rushe kuma membobinta za su shiga FLN. Ferhat Abbas da Ahmed Francis, biyu daga cikin manyan shugabannin jam'iyyar, sun gudu zuwa Alkahira kuma sun shiga jagorancin FLN.