1957 Cameroon by-election

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A by-election to the French National Assembly was held in French Cameroons on 23 June 1957.[1] The election was held after the resignation of Alexandre Douala Manga Bell, the holder of the second seat in the second college. Bell was re-elected with 33% of the vote.[1]

Results[]

CandidateVotes%
Alexandre Douala Manga Bell54,94232.83
Ngouankeo Tchoumba50,02329.89
Pierre Dzietham44,68126.70
Jacques Ngom8,0654.82
Timothé Maah7,2934.36
Pierre Tayou2,3651.41
Total167,369100.00
Valid votes167,36998.43
Invalid/blank votes2,6631.57
Total votes170,032100.00
Registered voters/turnout461,23236.86
Source: Sternberger et al.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p906
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