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1978 Cameroonian parliamentary election

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Field	Value
country	Cameroon
previous_election	1973
election_date	28 May 1978
next_election	1983
seats_for_election	All 120 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	60
party1	Cameroonian National Union
leader1	Ahmadou Ahidjo
percentage1	100
seats1	120
last_election1	120

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, winning all of them with a 98% turnout.

Results

References

[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/CAMEROON_1978_E.PDF Cameroon] Inter-Parliamentary Union
[[Dieter Nohlen]], Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p179 {{ISBN. 0-19-829645-2

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