1978 Cameroonian parliamentary election
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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% turnout.[2]
Results
[edit]| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| 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
[edit]- ^ Cameroon Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p179 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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