Cameroon by-election, 1957

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A by-election to the French National Assembly was held in French Cameroons on 23 June 1957.^[1] The election was held after the resignation of Alexandre Douala Manga Bell, the holder of the second seat in the second college. Bell was re-elected with 33% of the vote.^[1]

Results

Candidate	Votes	%
Alexandre Douala Manga Bell	54,942	32.8
Ngouankeo Tchoumba	50,023	29.9
Pierre Dzietham	44,681	26.7
Jacques Ngom	8,065	4.8
Timothé Maah	7,293	4.4
Pierre Tayou	2,365	1.4
Invalid/blank votes	2,663	–
Total	170,032	100
Registered voters/turnout	461,232	36.9
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

1 2 Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p906

Elections and referendums in Cameroon

Presidential elections	1965 1970 1975 1980 1984 1988 1992 1997 2004 2011

Parliamentary elections	1964 1970 1973 1978 1983 1988 1992 1997 2002 2007 2013

Pre-union elections	French Cameroon: 1946 (Mar) 1946 (Dec) 1952 1956 1960 British Cameroons: 1954 1957 1959 1961

French elections	1945 1946 (Jun) 1946 (Nov) 1951 1956 1957

Referendums	1945 1946 (May) 1946 (Oct) 1958 1960 (French) 1961 (British) 1972

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