{"iso":"CM","name":"Cameroon","flag":"\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf2","vote":"Presidential vote \u00b7 official result, not competitive","model":"noncomp","updated":"2025-10-12","source":"2025 election result, official count","credit":"No regular published national polling. No national party vote is published for parliamentary elections, so shares are the presidential vote of 12 October 2025, official results as proclaimed by the Constitutional Council. Challenger Issa Tchiroma claimed victory, and the disputed count was followed by deadly protests and a security crackdown. Candidates below one percent are aggregated as others.","shares":{"CPDM":53.7,"FSNC":35.2,"PCRN":3.4,"UNDP":2.4,"CDU":1.7,"SDF":1.2,"OTH":2.4},"polls":[],"parties":{"CPDM":{"name":"Rassemblement d\u00e9mocratique du peuple camerounais (RDPC)","color":"#1B7A3D","name_en":"Cameroon People's Democratic Movement"},"FSNC":{"name":"Front pour le salut national du Cameroun","color":"#E67E22","name_en":"Cameroon National Salvation Front"},"PCRN":{"name":"Parti camerounais pour la r\u00e9conciliation nationale","color":"#2E86C1","name_en":"Cameroonian Party for National Reconciliation"},"UNDP":{"name":"Union nationale pour la d\u00e9mocratie et le progr\u00e8s","color":"#8E44AD","name_en":"National Union for Democracy and Progress"},"CDU":{"name":"Union d\u00e9mocratique du Cameroun (UDC)","color":"#F1C40F","name_en":"Cameroon Democratic Union"},"SDF":{"name":"Social Democratic Front","color":"#16A085"},"OTH":{"name":"Autres partis","color":"#9a9a9a","name_en":"Other candidates"}},"primer":{"system":"Presidential republic under dominant-party rule","head_of_state":"President Paul Biya, in power since 1982","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Joseph Ngute","legislature":"National Assembly of 180 members and a 100-seat Senate.","electoral_system":"The president is directly elected by simple plurality for seven-year terms with no limit. Assembly members are elected in single and multi-member constituencies.","government_now":"Biya, the world's oldest head of state, took an eighth term with an official 54 percent in October 2025, a result Tchiroma and protesters rejected.","context":"An armed separatist conflict has smouldered in the anglophone Northwest and Southwest regions since 2017, and uncertainty over the eventual succession looms over the entire system. A parliamentary election is due by December 2026 after repeated postponements.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"CPDM":["Rassemblement d\u00e9mocratique du peuple camerounais (RDPC)","Cameroon People's Democratic Movement","President Paul Biya's ruling party since 1985; dominates the National Assembly with 152 of 180 seats."],"FSNC":["Front pour le salut national du Cameroun","Cameroon National Salvation Front","Small party led by Issa Tchiroma Bakary, a former Biya ally who broke away and claimed victory in the disputed 2025 presidential vote."],"PCRN":["Parti camerounais pour la r\u00e9conciliation nationale","Cameroonian Party for National Reconciliation","Opposition party led by Cabral Libii; holds 5 seats."],"UNDP":["Union nationale pour la d\u00e9mocratie et le progr\u00e8s","National Union for Democracy and Progress","Northern-based party and longtime ally of Biya; holds 7 seats."],"CDU":["Union d\u00e9mocratique du Cameroun (UDC)","Cameroon Democratic Union","Small opposition party; holds 4 seats."],"SDF":["Social Democratic Front","","Once the main anglophone-based opposition party, now much diminished; holds 5 seats."],"OTH":["Autres partis","Other parties","Other minor parties, including the MDR and UMS."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"National Assembly","as_of":"2020 election","total":180,"seats":{"CPDM":152,"UNDP":7,"PCRN":5,"SDF":5,"CDU":4,"FSNC":3,"OTH":4}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."},"next_election":{"date":"2026-12","title":"Cameroonian parliamentary election (due by 20 December)","chamber":"National Assembly","type":"expected"}}