Babban zaben Najeriya na 1938

An gudanar da babban zabe a Najeriya a ranar 21 ga Oktoba 1938. Ƙungiyar Matasan Najeriya (NYM) ta lashe uku daga cikin kujeru huɗu da aka zaba a Majalisar Dokoki, ta kayar da Jam'iyyar Democrat ta Najeriya (NNDP), wacce ta lashe kowane zabe tun 1923.

## Tsarin zabe
Dokar Najeriya ta 1922 (Majalisar Shari'a) a Majalisar ta samar da Majalisar Dokoki mai mambobi 46, daga cikinsu 23 jami'an da aka zaba ne, hudu jami'an ne, har zuwa 15 an nada su mambobi marasa izini kuma an zabi hudu (uku a Legas da daya a Calabar).  Jami'an 23 na officio sun hada da Gwamna, Babban Sakatare da mataimakin su, Mataimakin Gwamna da Sakatare na lardunan Arewa da Kudancin, Babban Lauyan, Kwamandan Rundunar Najeriya, Darakta na Ayyukan Kiwon Lafiya, Ma'aikatar Kudi, Daraktocin Ruwa, Mai Kula da Kwastam, Sakataren, tare da manyan mazauna goma.

An ƙuntata ikon mallakar ga maza masu shekaru 21 ko sama da haka waɗanda suka kasance 'yan Burtaniya ko' yan asalin Najeriya waɗanda suka zauna a yankin karamar hukuma na watanni 12 kafin zaben, kuma waɗanda suka sami akalla £ 100 a cikin shekarar kalandar da ta gabata. An hana 'yancin jefa kuri'a daga wadanda aka yanke musu hukunci da aikata laifi kuma aka yanke musu hukuncin kisa, aiki tuƙuru ko kurkuku sama da shekara guda, ko kuma suna da "magana mara kyau". Mutane 908 ne kawai suka yi rajista don jefa kuri'a a Legas daga cikin yawan jama'a sama da 126,000, yayin da kawai 107 suka yi rajistar a Calabar (yawan mutanen garin sun kasance 16,653 bisa ga ƙidayar shekara ta 1931). 

Dukkanin masu jefa kuri'a da suka cancanci za su iya tsayawa takara sai dai idan suna da fatarar kuɗi, sun sami taimako a cikin shekaru biyar da suka gabata ko kuma ma'aikacin gwamnati ne. Ana buƙatar 'yan takara su sami gabatarwa na akalla masu jefa kuri'a uku da aka yi rajista kuma su ajiya £ 10. Lokacin majalisar ya kasance shekaru biyar.

## Yaƙin neman zaɓe
'Yan takara shida sun yi takara a kujerun Legas guda uku, uku daga NNDP da uku daga NYM. Biyu daga cikin 'yan takarar NNDP (Crispin Adeniyi-Jones da Eric Moore) sun kasance membobin Majalisar da ke zaune, yayin da Ayo Williams ya gudu a matsayin dan takarar NNPP da kungiyar matasa 'yan jam'iyyar Najeriya, ya maye gurbin tsohon dan majalisa na NNDP T. A. Doherty. NYM ta zabi Kofo Abayomi, Olayinka Alakija da H. S. A. Thomas.

A Calabar mai zaman kansa Okon Efiong shine kawai dan takara, kuma an zabe shi ba tare da hamayya ba.

### Jerin mambobi
Gwamna Bernard Bourdillon ya nada mambobi 15 ba bisa ka'ida ba a Majalisar Dokoki, daga cikinsu bakwai 'yan Turai ne da takwas 'yan Afirka (ƙaruwa daga' yan Afirka bakwai a zaben 1933). Mutanen Turai bakwai sun wakilci bukatun kasuwanci, tare da uku da ke wakiltar bangarorin banki, hakar ma'adinai da jigilar kayayyaki, da hudu da ke wakilci bukatun kasuwancin Calabar, Kano, Legas da Port Harcourt. 'Yan Afirka takwas sun wakilci Colony na Legas, Ijebu, Lardin Oyo, Gundumar Rivers, Egba, Ibibio da Ibo, da kuma wurin zama daya da ke wakiltar biranen Benin da Warri. Kujerun Ijebu da Ibibio sababbi ne, yayin da aka dakatar da kujerar 'yan kasuwa na Afirka; tsohon wakilin sa B O E Amobi ya zama sabon memba da aka nada na Ibo,  bayan da Hukumar 'yan asalin Onitsha ta zaba shi.  Wakilin Ibibio Nyong Essien ne kungiyar Ibibio League ta zaba, wacce ke da alaƙa da NYM.

Uku daga cikin mambobi bakwai da aka nada a Turai sababbi ne; W V Wootton a matsayin wakilin Calabar, D D Gibb a matsayin wakilan banki da H H W Boyes a matsayin wakakin hakar ma'adinai. Sabbin mambobin Afirka kawai sune Nyong Essien da Nathaniel Olusoga, wadanda suka wakilci sabbin kujerun.

## Sakamakon haka
Ba a gudanar da cikakken zaben Majalisar Dokoki na gaba ba har zuwa 1947 saboda yakin duniya na biyu . An gudanar da zabubbuka don maye gurbin mambobi a cikin 1940 da 1941, kafin a gudanar da zaɓe a cikin 1943. An nada wasu mambobi biyu na Afirka a 1942 wakiltar Ondo (M C Adeniyi) da Kamaru na Burtaniya (J M Williams).

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