Cameroonian Territorial Assembly election, 1956

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Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Cameroons 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	34.3	30
Cameroonian Party of Democrats	152,000	20.9	20
Independent Peasants	69,457	9.6	8
Cameroonian National Action Movement	48,666	6.7	8
French Section of the Workers' International	18,001	2.5	3
Other parties	189,000	26.0	3
Total	726,817	100	70
Registered voters/turnout	1,752,902		–
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p178 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

Elections and referendums in Cameroon

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Pre-union elections	French Cameroon: 1946 (Mar) 1946 (Dec) 1952 1956 1960 British Cameroons: 1954 1957 1959 1961

French elections	1945 1946 (Jun) 1946 (Nov) 1951 1956 1957

Referendums	1945 1946 (May) 1946 (Oct) 1958 1960 (French) 1961 (British) 1972

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