Parliamentary elections were held in
Southern Cameroons
The Southern Cameroons was the southern part of the British Empire, British League of Nations mandate territory of the British Cameroons in West Africa. Since 1961, it has been part of the Republic of Cameroon, where it makes up the Northwest Re ...
on 30 December 1961. The result was a victory for the
Kamerun National Democratic Party Kamerun National Democratic Party (KNDP) was a pro-independence political party active in Southern Cameroons (now known as Ambazonia) during the period of British Mandate rule.
Pre-independence
The KNDP was formed in 1955 by John Ngu Foncha. The p ...
, which won 24 of the 37 seats in the House of Assembly.
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...
, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p181
Results
References
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Southern Cameroons
The Southern Cameroons was the southern part of the British Empire, British League of Nations mandate territory of the British Cameroons in West Africa. Since 1961, it has been part of the Republic of Cameroon, where it makes up the Northwest Re ...
Parliamentary election
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
Elections in Cameroon
British Cameroon
Election and referendum articles with incomplete results