Results of 1961 Plebiscite in British Southern Cameroons on Joining the Independent Nigeria or the Independent La Republique du Cameroun

Administrative Division of British Southern Cameroons

 

 

 

 

 

Result of 1961 Plebiscite in Southern Cameroons (From EA Aka, 2002, p.278)                             

Plebiscite district	Nigeria	Cameroun	Total	% for Cameroun
Victoria
·         Southwest	2552	3756	6308	59.5
·         Southeast	1329	4870	6199	78.6
·         Northwest	4744	4205	8949	47
·         Northeast	3291	9251	12542	73.8
Kumba
·         Northeast	9466	11991	21457	55.9
·         Northwest	14738	555	15293	3.6
·         Southeast	6105	12827	18932	67.8
·         Southwest	2424	2227	4651	47.9
Mamfe
·         West	2039	8505	10544	80.7
·         North	5432	6412	11844	54.1
·         South	685	8175	8860	92.2
·         East	1894	10177	12071	84.3
Total (SW)	54699	82951	137650	60.3
Bamenda ·         North	8073	18835	26908	70.0
·         East	1822	17858	19680	90.7
·         Central west	1230	18027	19257	93.6
·         Central east	529	18193	18722	97.2
·         West	467	16142	16609	97.2
·         South	220	19426	19646	98.9
Wum
·         North	1485	7322	8807	83.1
·         Central	3644	3211	6855	46.8
·         East	1518	13155	14673	89.7
·         West	2137	3449	5586	61.7
Nkambe
·         North	5962	1917	7879	24.3
·         East	3845	5896	9741	60.5
·         Central	5059	4288	9347	45.9
·         South	7051	2921	9972	29.3
Total (NW)	43042	150640	193682	77.8
Total (Southern Cameroons	97741	233591	331332	70.5