Presidential election in Cameroon 2011

The 2011 presidential election in Cameroon took place on October 9, 2011 in Cameroon , West Africa . As expected, the winner was President Paul Biya , who has ruled since 1982 and was officially elected to his sixth term with a good 77 percent of the votes cast. Biya’s renewed candidacy was made possible by a constitutional amendment passed in 2008 that lifted the previous limitation on the presidential term of office. As in the previous elections, his most important opponent was John Fru Ndi , whose struggle at the beginning of the 1990s had made a decisive contribution to the abolition of the one-party system . In 1992, Ndi only lost to Biya through massive election fraud; in 2011, he officially received ten percent of the vote in second place. Ndi had officially reconciled with Biya before the election and was no longer seen by most opposition members as an alternative to Biya’s rule. Nevertheless, his poor performance is not considered credible.

The opposition questioned both the individual results and the level of voter turnout, which was estimated by individual opposition members at a fraction of the stated 68 percent. France and the USA also confirmed the opposition's complaints about “irregularities” in the election, that is, election fraud. The Secretary General of Ndi's Social Democratic Front, Elizabeth Tamajong, described the election as a "farce".

A total of 24 candidates ran for election, 22 of which had no chance and 19 received less than one percent of the vote. Seven million eligible voters had been called to vote. The turnout fell compared to the 2004 election by 17 to 66 percent.

Official results

Candidate - party	be right	%
Paul Biya - Democratic Collection of the Cameroonian People ("Rassemblement démocratique du Peuple Camerounais")	3,772,527	77.99
John Fru Ndi - Social Democratic Front ("Front social démocrate")	518.175	10.71
Garga Haman Adji - Alliance pour la Démocratie et le Développement ("Alliance for Democracy and Development")	155,348	3.21
Adamou Ndam Njoya - Democratic Union of Cameroon	83,860	1.73
Paul Abine Ayah - People's Action Party	61,158	1.26
Edith Kahbang Walla - Party of the Cameroonian People	34,639	0.72
Albert Dzongang - Dynamic for National Rebirth	26,396	0.55
Jean de Dieu Momo - Democratic Patriots for the Development of Cameroon	23,791	0.49
Jean-Jacques Ekindi - Progressive Movement	21,593	0.45
Bernard Muna - Alliance of Progressive Forces	18,444	0.38
Esther Dang - Block for the reconstruction and economic independence of Cameroon	15,775	0.33
Olivier Anicet Bilé - Union for Fraternity and Prosperity	15.202	0.31
Anicet Ekane - African Movement for New Independence and Democracy	11,081	0.23
Victorin Hameni Bieuleu - Union of Democratic Forces of Cameroon	10,615	0.22
Fritz Pierre Ngo - Movement of Ecologists of Cameroon	9259	0.19
Jean Njeunga - United Front of Cameroon	9219	0.19
Isaac Feuzeu - Movement for the Emergence and Rise of Cameroon	9216	0.19
Hubert Kamgang - Union of the Peoples of Cameroon	8250	0.17
Simon Pierre Atangana Nsoe - Greater Cameroon	8032	0.17
Marcus Lontouo - Cameroon National Congress	7875	0.16
George Dobgima Nyamndi - Social Liberal Congress	5925	0.12
Joachim Tabi Owono - Campaign for Meritocracy and Equal Opportunities	5795	0.12
Daniel Soh Fone - United Socialist Party	5074	0.10
Valid votes	4,847,249	97.70
Invalid votes	114.185	2.30
Total votes (turnout 68.3%)	4,961,434	100.00
Source: African Elections Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dominic Johnson: A dictator lets vote . In: taz , October 7, 2011
2. ↑ ^{a b} Dominic Johnson: 78 percent for a 78-year-old . In: taz , October 26, 2011
3. ^ Presidential election in Cameroon with a predetermined outcome . Swiss television, October 9, 2011
4. ↑ ' Cameroon: Sixth term for the President . In: Wiener Zeitung , October 22, 2011