1956−57 Nigerian regional elections

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Regional elections were held in Nigeria in 1956 and 1957. 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.

Results

Eastern Region


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons	2,025,174	63.26	65
	Action Group	344,153	10.75	13
	United National Independence Party	202,478	6.32	5
	Other parties	629,652	19.67	1
Total		3,201,457	100.00	84

Source: Sternberger et al., Mackenzie et al.

Northern Region


Party		Seats
	Northern People's Congress	100
	Other parties	21
Total		121

Source: Sternberger et al., Mackenzie et al.

Western Region


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Action Group	623,826	48.31	48
	National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons	584,556	45.27	32
	Other parties	82,792	6.41	0
Total		1,291,174	100.00	80

Source: Sternberger et al., Mackenzie et al.

References

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

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