Country: | Southern Cameroons |
Flag Year: | 1958 |
Election Date: | 24 January 1959 |
Previous Election: | 1957 |
Next Election: | 1961 |
Party1: | Kamerun National Democratic Party |
Percentage1: | 53.42 |
Seats1: | 14 |
Last Election1: | 5 |
Percentage2: | 37.45 |
Seats2: | 12 |
Last Election2: | 8 |
Premier | |
Before Election: | E. M. L. Endeley |
Before Party: | KNC |
After Election: | John Ngu Foncha |
After Party: | Kamerun National Democratic Party |
Parliamentary elections were held in Southern Cameroons on 24 January 1959. The result was a victory for the Kamerun National Democratic Party, which won 14 of the 26 seats in the House of Assembly.[1]
Of the twelve seats won by the Kamerun National Congress–Kamerun People's Party alliance, eight were won by the KNC and four by the KPP.[2]