1959 Southern Cameroons parliamentary election

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Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– KNDP John Ngu Foncha 53.42 14 +9 KNC–KPP 37.45 12 +4 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Premier before Premier after E. M. L. Endeley KNC John Ngu Foncha KNDP

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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]