1956 Cameroonian Territorial Assembly election

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Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Cameroon on 23 December 1956. The result was a victory for the Cameroonian Union, which won 30 of the 70 seats in the Territorial Assembly. Voter turnout was 41.4%.[1]

Results[edit]

PartyVotes%Seats
Cameroonian Union249,69334.3530
Cameroonian Party of Democrats152,00020.9120
Independent Peasants69,4579.568
Cameroonian National Action Movement48,6666.708
French Section of the Workers' International18,0012.483
Other parties189,00026.00
Total726,817100.0069
Registered voters/turnout1,752,902
Source: Nohlen et al.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p178 ISBN 0-19-829645-2