1978 Cameroonian parliamentary election

none Cameroon 1973 28 May 1978 1983 All 120 seats in the National Assembly 60 Cameroonian National Union Ahmadou Ahidjo 100 120 120 Parliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 28 May 1978. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Cameroonian National Union as the sole legal party. 2,618 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 National Assembly,Cameroon Inter-Parliamentary Union winning all of them with a 98% turnout.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p179 0-19-829645-2 Results Cameroonian National Union 3614768 120 0 596 0 3663358 Nohlen et al. References Cameroon Parliamentary Category:Parliamentary elections in Cameroon Category:One-party elections Category:Single-candidate elections Cameroon