1973 Cameroonian parliamentary election

none Cameroon 1961 1970 18 May 1973 1978 All 120 seats in the National Assembly 60 Cameroonian National Union Ahmadou Ahidjo 100 120 50 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,Cameroon Inter-Parliamentary Union winning all of them with a 98.4% turnout.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p179 0-19-829645-2 Results Cameroonian National Union 3293428 120 +70 1577 +70 3348989 Nohlen et al. References Cameroon Parliamentary Category:Parliamentary elections in Cameroon Category:One-party elections Category:Single-candidate elections Cameroon