Cameroonian General Council election, March 1946

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General Council elections were held in French Cameroons on 10 March 1946.^[1]

Electoral system

At the time of the election, the General Council had 34 seats, of which six were elected by the first college (which had 2,500 registered voters), six were elected by the second college (which had 38,000 registered voters) and 22 were appointed.^[1]

Campaign

A total of 35 candidates contested the 12 elected seats.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p908

Elections and referendums in Cameroon

Presidential elections	1965 1970 1975 1980 1984 1988 1992 1997 2004 2011 2018

Parliamentary elections	1964 1970 1973 1978 1983 1988 1992 1997 2002 2007 2013

Pre-union elections	French Cameroon: 1946 (Mar) 1946 (Dec) 1952 1956 1960 British Cameroons: 1954 1957 1959 1961

French elections	1945 1946 (Jun) 1946 (Nov) 1951 1956 1957

Referendums	1945 1946 (May) 1946 (Oct) 1958 1960 (French) 1961 (British) 1972

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