1956−57 Nigerian regional elections

Regional elections were held in Nigeria in 1956 and 1957.[1] 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. [2]

Results

Party Eastern Region Northern Region Western Region
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Northern People's Congress100
National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons2,025,17463.2665584,556 45.332
Action Group344,15310.7513623,826 48.348
United National Independence Party202,478 6.325
Other parties629,65219.6712182,792 6.40
Total3,201,457100801211,291,17410080
Source: Sternberger et al, Mackenzie et al.

References

  1. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1546
  2. Mackenzie, W. J. M.; Robinson, Kenneth (1960). Five Elections in Africa. Oxford University Press.
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