1978 Cameroonian parliamentary election

1978 Cameroonian parliamentary election

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

Party Leader % Seats +/– UNC Ahmadou Ahidjo 100 120 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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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

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