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