Country: | Cameroon |
Flag Year: | 1961 |
Previous Election: | 1970 |
Election Date: | 18 May 1973 |
Next Election: | 1978 |
Seats For Election: | All 120 seats in the National Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 60 |
Party1: | Cameroonian National Union |
Leader1: | Ahmadou Ahidjo |
Percentage1: | 100 |
Seats1: | 120 |
Last Election1: | 50 |
Parliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 18 May 1973, the first since the promulgation of the country's new constitution approved in a referendum the previous year. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Cameroonian National Union as the sole legal party. 2,600 candidates ran for a place on the CNU list, with 120 eventually winning a place on it, equal to the number seats available in the enlarged National Assembly,[1] winning all of them with a 98.4% turnout.[2]