1997 Cameroonian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 17 May 1997. The result was a victory for the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement, which won 116 of the 180 seats,[1] including seven constituencies in which the result had originally been cancelled by the Supreme Court due to serious irregularities and the election re-run.[2] Voter turnout was 75.6%.[3]

Cameroonian parliamentary election, 1997
17 May 1997
Turnout75.6%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Paul Biya John Fru Ndi Maigari Bello Bouba
Party RDPC FSD UNDP
Seats before 88 - 68
Seats won 109 43 13
Seat change 21 43 55
Popular vote 1,399,751 685,689 392,712
Percentage 48.0% 23.5% 13.5%
Swing 2.5% 12.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Adamou Ndam Njoya
Party UDC UPC MDR
Seats before - 6 6
Seats won 5 1 1
Seat change 5 5 5
Popular vote 76,644 78,452 71,762
Percentage 2.6% 2.7% 2.5%
Swing 6.0% 1.5%
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Results
Party Votes % Seats +/-
Cameroon People's Democratic Movement1,399,75148.0109+21
Social Democratic Front685,68923.543New
National Union for Democracy and Progress392,71213.513–55
Union of the Peoples of Cameroon78,4522.71–5
Cameroon Democratic Union76,6442.65New
Movement for the Defence of the Republic71,7622.51–5
National Alliance for Democracy and Progress25,6580.90New
Union of Democratic Forces of Cameroon19,8240.70New
Liberty Movement of Cameroon Youth12,9730.41New
Cameroonian Party of Democrats3,4600.100
Other parties121,7914.20–
Invalid/blank votes63,137–––
Vacant seats[a]––7–
Total2,906,1861001800
Registered voters/turnout3,844,33075.6––
Source: African Elections Database, Nohlen et al.

a The seven seats were later won by the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement in by-elections.

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References
  1. Cameroon Inter-Parliamentary Union
  2. Elections in Cameroon African Elections Database
  3. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p180 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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