1956−57 Nigerian regional elections
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Regional elections were held in Nigeria in 1956 and 1957.[1] Members of the Western Region Legislative Assembly were elected on 26 May 1956, in eighty districts using the single-member plurality system. Members of the Eastern Region Legislative Assembly were elected on 15 March 1957, in twenty-seven districts using the multiple non-transferable vote. [2]
Results
Eastern Region
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons | 2,025,174 | 63.26 | 65 | |
Action Group | 344,153 | 10.75 | 13 | |
United National Independence Party | 202,478 | 6.32 | 5 | |
Other parties | 629,652 | 19.67 | 1 | |
Total | 3,201,457 | 100.00 | 84 | |
Source: Sternberger et al., Mackenzie et al. |
Northern Region
Party | Seats | |
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Northern People's Congress | 100 | |
Other parties | 21 | |
Total | 121 | |
Source: Sternberger et al., Mackenzie et al. |
Western Region
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Action Group | 623,826 | 48.31 | 48 | |
National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons | 584,556 | 45.27 | 32 | |
Other parties | 82,792 | 6.41 | 0 | |
Total | 1,291,174 | 100.00 | 80 | |
Source: Sternberger et al., Mackenzie et al. |
References
- ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1546
- ^ Mackenzie, W. J. M.; Robinson, Kenneth (1960). Five Elections in Africa. Oxford University Press.