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The Kamerun National Congress (KNC) was a political party in Southern Cameroons.
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The Kamerun National Congress (KNC) was a political party in Southern Cameroons.
The KNC was established in 1952 as a merger of two pro-unification parties, the Kamerun United National Congress and the Cameroons National Federation. [1]
The party's leaders included E. M. L. Endeley, Salomon Tandeng Muna, John Ngu Foncha and Sampson George. However, with Endeley leading the party towards a pro-Nigerian stance, Foncha led a breakaway group to form the Kamerun National Democratic Party (KNDP) in 1955. [2] Another breakaway led to the formation of the Kamerun People's Party (KPP). [1]
The KNC received 45% of the vote in the 1957 parliamentary elections, winning six of the 13 seats and emerging as the largest party in the House of Assembly. [3] The 1959 elections saw the KNC run in an alliance with the KPP. The alliance received 37% of the vote, winning 12 of the 26 seats, of which the KNC took eight. [4] However, the KNDP won the elections with 14 seats.
The KNC and KPP merged in 1960 to form the Cameroon People's National Convention. [2]
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