1956−57 Nigerian regional elections

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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

Eastern Region

PartyVotes%Seats
National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons2,025,17463.2665
Action Group344,15310.7513
United National Independence Party202,4786.325
Other parties629,65219.671
Total3,201,457100.0084
Source: Sternberger et al., Mackenzie et al.

Northern Region

PartySeats
Northern People's Congress100
Other parties21
Total121
Source: Sternberger et al., Mackenzie et al.

Western Region

PartyVotes%Seats
Action Group623,82648.3148
National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons584,55645.2732
Other parties82,7926.410
Total1,291,174100.0080
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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