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Presidential elections are due to be held in Cameroon on 12 October 2025. [1]
The previous presidential elections on 7 October 2018 saw incumbent president Paul Biya, who has ruled since 1982, elected for another seven-year term following a 2008 constitutional amendment that removed term limits, allowing Biya to run again. [2] Biya's candidacy remains plausible, however, with his declaration of wanting to continue to serve the nation. [3] His candidacy for the 2025 presidential election is causing controversy within the Cameroonian government, [4] while a petition was filed by opposition candidate Akere Tabeng Muna before the Constitutional Council seeking to disqualify Biya on grounds of the latter's advanced age, recurrent health absences, and presumed dependency on third parties. [5]
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. [6] Registration for voting ended on 31 August 2024, with more than seven million people estimated to have signed up. [7]
A total of 83 people registered their candidacy in the election, [8] of which seven were women. [9] On 26 July, Elections Cameroon (Elecam) released a provisional list of 13 candidates, with Hermine Patricia Tomaïno Ndam Njoya as the only female candidate. [8] Thirty-five appeals were subsequently made by rejected candidates before the Constitutional Council. [10]
Pollster | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Margin of error | Maurice Kamto | Cabral Libii | Paul Biya | Akere Muna | Chris Fomunyoh | Joshua Osih | Abakar Ahamat | Others | Lead |
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EC4UC [32] | 13-20 June 2025 | 735 | ±3.6% | 64.22% | 11.39% | 10.54% | 1.35% | 0.89% | 0.82% | 3.08% | 7.71% | 52.83% |
EC4UC [33] | 1-6 March 2025 | 700 | ±3.6% | 57.28% | 12.83% | 10.83% | 1.28% | 0.31% | 1.36% | 4.31% | 11.8% | 44.45% |
EC4UC [34] | 14-18 December 2024 | 702 | ±3.6% | 55.74% | 17.98% | 10.41% | 3.48% | 2.60% | 2.45% | 2.21% | 5.11% | 37.76% |