Cameroonian Presidential Election, 1997
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Presidential elections were held in
Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...
on 12 October 1997. They were boycotted by the main opposition parties, the Social Democratic Front, the National Union for Democracy and Progress, and the
Cameroon Democratic Union The Cameroon Democratic Union () is a political party in Cameroon. It was founded by Adamou Ndam Njoya, a former Minister of National Education under President Ahmadou Ahidjo, on 26 April 1991. The CDU boycotted the March 1992 parliamentary e ...
, as well as the smaller
African Peoples Union African Peoples Union (in French: ''Union des Populations Africaines'') is a political party in Cameroon led by the Panafrican scholar Hubert Kamgang. The party was founded in 1996. Kamgang was a candidate in the 2004 Cameroonian presidential elec ...
. As a result, incumbent President
Paul Biya Paul Biya (born Paul Barthélemy Biya'a bi Mvondo, 13 February 1933) is a Cameroonian politician who has been serving as the second president of Cameroon since 1982. He was previously the fifth Prime Minister of Cameroon, prime minister under Pre ...
was re-elected with 93% of the vote. Voter turnout was 83%.
Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...
, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p184


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Presidential elections in Cameroon
Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...