1973 Cameroonian parliamentary election

1973 Cameroonian parliamentary election

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All 120 seats in the National Assembly 60 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– UNC Ahmadou Ahidjo 100 120 +70 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Parliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 18 May 1973, the first since the promulgation of the country's new constitution approved in a referendum the previous year. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Cameroonian National Union as the sole legal party. 2,600 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 enlarged National Assembly, ^[1] winning all of them with a 98.4% turnout. ^[2]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Cameroonian National Union	3,293,428	100.00	120	+70
Total		3,293,428	100.00	120	+70
Valid votes		3,293,428	99.95
Invalid/blank votes		1,577	0.05
Total votes		3,295,005	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,348,989	98.39
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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