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1959 Southern Cameroons parliamentary election information


1959 Southern Cameroons parliamentary election
Southern Cameroons
← 1957 24 January 1959 1961 →
Party Leader % Seats +/–
KNDP John Ngu Foncha 53.42 14 +9
KNC–KPP 37.45 12 +4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Premier before Premier after
E. M. L. Endeley
KNC
John Ngu Foncha
KNDP

Parliamentary elections were held in Southern Cameroons on 24 January 1959. The result was a victory for the Kamerun National Democratic Party, which won 14 of the 26 seats in the House of Assembly.[1]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p181 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

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