1956−57 Nigerian regional elections

Regional elections were held in Nigeria in 1956 and 1957.[1] 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. [2]

Results

Party	Eastern Region			Northern Region			Western Region
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Northern People's Congress						100
National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons	2,025,174	63.26	65				584,556	45.3	32
Action Group	344,153	10.75	13				623,826	48.3	48
United National Independence Party	202,478	6.32	5
Other parties	629,652	19.67	1			21	82,792	6.4	0
Total	3,201,457	100	80			121	1,291,174	100	80
Source: Sternberger et al, Mackenzie et al.

References

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