Parliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 18 May 1973, the first since the promulgation of the country's new constitution approved in a referendum the previous year. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Cameroonian National Union as the sole legal party. 2,600 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 enlarged National Assembly,[1] winning all of them with a 98.4% turnout.[2]
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All 120 seats in the National Assembly 60 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Cameroonian National Union | 3,293,428 | 100.00 | 120 | +70 | |
| Total | 3,293,428 | 100.00 | 120 | +70 | |
| Valid votes | 3,293,428 | 99.95 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,577 | 0.05 | |||
| Total votes | 3,295,005 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,348,989 | 98.39 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
References
edit- ^ Cameroon Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p179 ISBN 0-19-829645-2