1956–57 Nigerian regional elections

none August 2026August 2026 Regional elections were held in Nigeria in 1956 and 1957.Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1546 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.Five Elections in Africa Mackenzie W. J. M. Robinson Kenneth Oxford University Press 1960 Results Eastern Region National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons 2025174 65 Action Group 344153 13 United National Independence Party 202478 5 Other parties 629652 1 Sternberger et al., Mackenzie et al. Northern Region Northern People's Congress 100 Other parties 21 Sternberger et al., Mackenzie et al. Western Region Action Group 623826 48 National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons 584556 32 Other parties 82792 0 0 Sternberger et al., Mackenzie et al. References Category:1956 elections in Nigeria Category:1957 elections in Nigeria Category:Regional elections in Nigeria Category:1956 elections in the British Empire Category:1957 elections in the British Empire