Cameroon People's National Convention

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The Cameroon People's National Convention (CPNC) was a political party in British Cameroons.

History

The CPNC was established in May 1960 by a merger of the Kamerun National Congress and the Kamerun People's Party,^[1] which had contested the 1959 elections together.

The 1961 elections saw the party receive 26.8% of the vote, winning 10 seats, two fewer than the two parties had won in 1959.

In the first elections in unified Cameroon in 1964, the party ran in East Cameroon. Although it received 24% of the vote, it failed to win a seat.^[2]

References

↑ Mark Dike DeLancey, Rebecca Neh Mbuh & Mark W DeLancey (2010) Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon, Scarecrow Press, p91
↑ Elections in Cameroon African Elections Database

Political parties in Cameroon

National Assembly	Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (148) Social Democratic Front (18) National Union for Democracy and Progress (5) Cameroon Democratic Union (4) Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (3) Cameroon Renaissance Movement (1) Movement for the Defence of the Republic (1)

Unrepresented	Alliance for Democracy and Development Cameroonian Party of Democrats Progressive Movement

Banned	Southern Cameroons National Council

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