IFES Election Guide | Elections: Cameroon Parliamentary Elections

Voter
Turnout*

Cast Votes:3,021,947

Valid Votes:2,942,194

Invalid Votes:79,753

Party Seats Won Seats Change Votes

Cameroon People's Democratic Movement 139 None

National Union for Democracy and Progress 7 None

Social Democratic Front 5 None

Cameroonian Party for National Reconciliation 5 None

Cameroon Democratic Union 4 None

Front for the National Salvation of Cameroon 3 None

Movement for the Defense of the Republic (MDR) 2 None

Union of Socialist Movements None None

Chief of State: President Paul BIYA (since 6 November 1982)
Head of Government: Prime Minister Joseph NGUTE (since 4 January 2019)
Assembly: Cameroon has a bicameral Parliament (Parlement) consisting of the Senate (Sénat) with 100 seats and the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) with 180 seats.

The President is elected by plurality vote to serve a 7-year term.
Prime Minister is appointed by the President.
In the Senate (Sénat), 70 members are indirectly elected by regional governing councils to serve 5-year terms and 30 members are appointed by the President to serve 5-year terms*. In the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale), 34 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms and 146 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.**