1956 Cameroonian Territorial Assembly election

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[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Cameroonian Union	249,693	34.35	30
	Cameroonian Party of Democrats	152,000	20.91	20
	Independent Peasants	69,457	9.56	8
	Cameroonian National Action Movement	48,666	6.70	8
	French Section of the Workers' International	18,001	2.48	3
	Other parties	189,000	26.00	–
Total		726,817	100.00	69

Registered voters/turnout		1,752,902	–
Source: Nohlen et al.

References[]

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

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

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