1970 Cameroonian parliamentary election

none Cameroon 1961 1964 7 June 1970 1973 All 50 seats in the National Assembly 25 Cameroonian National Union Ahmadou Ahidjo 100 50 50 Parliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 7 June 1970, the first since the country became a one-party state with the Cameroonian National Union (a merger of the Cameroonian Union of French Cameroon and the Kamerun National Democratic Party of Southern Cameroons) as the sole legal party in 1966. In each constituency the party put forward a list of candidates equal to the number of seats available,1970 Cameroon http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/CAMEROON_1970_E.PDF 2023-08-02 Inter-Parliamentary Union and ultimately won all 50 seats in the National Assembly with a 95% turnout.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p179 0-19-829645-2 Results Cameroonian National Union 2926224 50 8699 3094886 Nohlen et al. References Cameroon Parliamentary Category:Parliamentary elections in Cameroon Category:One-party elections Category:Single-candidate elections Cameroon