1978 Cameroonian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 28 May 1978. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Cameroonian National Union as the sole legal party. 2,618 candidates ran for a place on the CNU list, with 120 eventually winning a place on it, equal to the number seats available in the National Assembly,^[1] winning all of them with a 98.0% turnout.^[2]

Results[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Cameroonian National Union	3,614,768	100.00	120	0
Total		3,614,768	100.00	120	0

Valid votes		3,614,768	99.98
Invalid/blank votes		596	0.02
Total votes		3,615,364	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,663,358	98.69
Source: Nohlen et al.

References[]

^ Cameroon Inter-Parliamentary Union
^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p179 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

[1] Cameroon Inter-Parliamentary Union

[2] Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p179 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

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