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A by-election to the French National Assembly was held in French Cameroons on 23 June 1957. 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.

Results

CandidateVotes%
Alexandre Douala Manga Bell54,94232.83
Ngouankeo Tchoumba50,02329.89
Pierre Dzietham44,68126.70
Jacques Ngom8,0654.82
Timothé Maah7,2934.36
Pierre Tayou2,3651.41
Total167,369100.00
Valid votes167,36998.43
Invalid/blank votes2,6631.57
Total votes170,032100.00
Registered voters/turnout461,23236.86
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

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