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1959 Southern Cameroons parliamentary election

Field	Value
country	Southern Cameroons
flag_year	1958
election_date	24 January 1959
previous_election	1957
next_election	1961
party1	Kamerun National Democratic Party	leader1 = John Ngu Foncha	percentage1 = 53.42	seats1 = 14	last_election1 = 5
party2	KNC–KPP	percentage2 = 37.45	seats2 = 12	last_election2 = 8
title	Premier
before_election	E. M. L. Endeley
before_party	KNC
after_election	John Ngu Foncha
after_party	Kamerun National Democratic Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Southern Cameroons on 24 January 1959. The result was a victory for the Kamerun National Democratic Party, which won 14 of the 26 seats in the House of Assembly.

Results

Of the twelve seats won by the Kamerun National Congress–Kamerun People's Party alliance, eight were won by the KNC and four by the KPP.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p181 {{ISBN. 0-19-829645-2
[http://africanelections.tripod.com/cm.html Elections in Cameroon] African Elections Database

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