Babban zaben Najeriya na 1923

An gudanar da babban zabe a Najeriya a karo na farko a ranar 20 ga Satumba 1923. [1] Jam'iyyar National Democratic Party (NNDP) ta lashe uku daga cikin kujeru huɗu da aka zaba a Majalisar Dokoki. 

## Tarihi
An gabatar da zaɓaɓɓen dimokuradiyya a Najeriya a watan Mayu 1919, lokacin da Dokar Townships ta ba da damar jefa kuri'a ga mambobi uku na Majalisar Birnin Legas ga wasu maza. An gudanar da zaben farko na majalisa a ranar 29 ga Maris 1920 .  A shekara ta 1922 an gabatar da sabon kundin tsarin mulki (wanda aka sani da Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Clifford bayan Gwamna Hugh Clifford), wanda ya gabatar da kujeru huɗu da aka zaba a Majalisar Dokoki, uku ga Legas da ɗaya ga Calabar.

## 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. 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". Kusan mutane 4,000 ne kawai suka yi rajista don yin zabe a Legas daga cikin yawan mutane 99,000, yayin da kawai 453 suka yi rajistar a Calabar.

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. An zartar da ka'idojin zabe a ranar 1 ga Yuni 1923, wanda ya ba da cikakkun bayanai game da yadda za a gudanar da zaben, gami da kirkirar rajistar zaɓe. Lokacin majalisar ya kasance shekaru biyar.

## Yaƙin neman zaɓe
'Yan takara goma sun yi takara a kujerun Legas guda uku, yayin da' yan takara hudu suka yi takara don kujerar guda daya a Calabar.

## Sakamakon

### Ta hanyar mazabar

### Jerin mambobi
Gwamna Clifford ya nada mambobi 13 ba bisa ka'ida ba a Majalisar Dokoki, daga cikinsu bakwai 'yan Turai ne da shida 'yan Afirka. 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 wakilcin bukatun kasuwanci na Calabar, Kano, Legas da Port Harcourt. 'Yan Afirka shida sun wakilci' yan kasuwa na Afirka, mulkin mallaka na Legas, Lardin Oyo, Gundumar Rivers, Egba da Ibo. Jami'an da aka zaba sune Janar Manajan Jirgin kasa na Najeriya, Daraktan Ayyukan Jama'a da Postmaster-Janar. 

## Sakamakon haka
An kaddamar da sabon Majalisar Dokoki a ranar 31 ga Oktoba. A shekara ta 1926 An gudanar da zabe a kujerar Legas bayan mutuwar Egerton Shyngle, kuma John Caulcrick na NNDP ya lashe. A cikin 1927 an maye gurbin biyu daga cikin membobin kasuwanci; R F Irving ya zama memba na Legas a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu kuma H S Feggetter na Elder Dempster Lines ya zama wakilin jigilar kaya a ranar 4 ga Afrilu.

## Manazarta