Cameroonian parliamentary election, 1997

17 May 1997

	First party	Second party	Third party

Turnout	75.6%

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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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]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Cameroon People's Democratic Movement	1,399,751	48.0	109	+21
Social Democratic Front	685,689	23.5	43	New
National Union for Democracy and Progress	392,712	13.5	13	–55
Union of the Peoples of Cameroon	78,452	2.7	1	–5
Cameroon Democratic Union	76,644	2.6	5	New
Movement for the Defence of the Republic	71,762	2.5	1	–5
National Alliance for Democracy and Progress	25,658	0.9	0	New
Union of Democratic Forces of Cameroon	19,824	0.7	0	New
Liberty Movement of Cameroon Youth	12,973	0.4	1	New
Cameroonian Party of Democrats	3,460	0.1	0	0
Other parties	121,791	4.2	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	63,137	–	–	–
Vacant seats^[a]	–	–	7	–
Total	2,906,186	100	180	0
Registered voters/turnout	3,844,330	75.6	–	–
Source: African Elections Database, Nohlen et al.

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

References

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

Elections and referendums in Cameroon

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