1959 Southern Cameroons parliamentary election information
1959 Southern Cameroons parliamentary election
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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.
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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]
^Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p181 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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