2025 Cameroonian presidential election

2025 Cameroonian presidential election

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Incumbent President Paul Biya RDPC

Presidential elections are due to be held in Cameroon on 5 October 2025. ^[1]

Background

The previous presidential elections on 7 October 2018 saw incumbent president Paul Biya elected for another seven-year term following a 2008 constitutional amendment that removed term limits, allowing Biya to run again. ^[2]

Electoral system

The President of Cameroon is elected by first-past-the-post voting; the candidate with the most votes is declared the winner with no requirement to achieve a majority. ^[3] Registration for voting ended on 31 August 2024, with more than seven million people estimated to have signed up. ^[4]

Candidates

Declared

• Paul Biya , aged 92, incumbent president and candidate for the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement. ^[5]
• Maurice Kamto , aged 71, is a retired academic and lawyer, representing the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (MRC). Kamto, who previously ran in the 2018 presidential election, is also supported by the Political Alliance for Reform (APC) and the Front for Change in Cameroon (FCC). ^[6]
• Akere Muna , aged 72, is an international Cameroonian lawyer and candidate for the Univers party. ^[7] Akere is globally renowned especially in the areas of anti-corruption and good governance and previously a candidate for Now!. ^[8]
• Eric Essono Tsimi, aged 43, is an academic based in New York and a writer. He announced his "civil and civic" candidacy in May 2024 during an interview with journalist Jean-Bruno Tagne on Naja TV. His campaign is being carried out under the platform Nous Sommes Le Changement / We Are the Change. Tsimi has also been engaged in negotiations with various political parties, including the FDC and the PAL. ^[9]

Opinion polls

Pollster	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Margin of error	M. Kamto	C. Libii	P. Biya	A. Muna	C. Fomunyoh	J. Osih	A. Ahamat	Others	Lead
EC4UC [10]	14-18 December 2024	702	±3.0%	55.74%	17.98%	10.41%	3.48%	2.60%	2.45%	2.21%	5.11%	37.76%

References

1. "EISA African Election Calendar 2025". EISA. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
2. Cameroon parliament extends Biya's term limit France 24, 11 April 2008
3. Cameroon IFES
4. "Voter registration ends in Cameroon as polls near". Africanews. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
5. Mimmy (2024-08-24). "Cameroon's President declares candidacy for eighth term in 2025 election". Mbare Times. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
6. Tagne (2024-05-17). "Maurice Kamto declares candidacy for the 2025 presidential election". Actu Cameroun (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-31.
7. "DRC: In first official outing: Akere Muna vows 2025 presidential electionwon't be like others!". The Guardian Post. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
8. "DRC: President Tshisekedi and Cameroonian Akéré Muna working to fight corruption". The Africa Report. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
9. Tagne, Jean-Bruno (2024-05-24). "Eric Essono Tsimi announces candidacy for 2025". Naja TV (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-31.
10. "2025 presidential elections: New poll confirms Kamto as opposition's best choice!". The Horizon. 2025-01-08. Retrieved 2025-01-08.