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1992 Cameroonian presidential election

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Field	Value
country	Cameroon
type	presidential
previous_election	1988 Cameroonian general election
previous_year	1988
next_election	1997 Cameroonian presidential election
next_year	1997
election_date	11 October 1992
registered	4,195,687
turnout	71.87% ( 20.69pp)
image_size	130x130px
nominee1	Paul Biya
image1	Paul Biya at the CEC (cropped).jpg
party1	Cameroon People's Democratic Movement
popular_vote1	1,185,466
percentage1	39.98%
nominee2	John Fru Ndi
image2	GedFruNdi.JPG
party2	Social Democratic Front (Cameroon)
popular_vote2	1,066,602
percentage2	35.97%
nominee3	Bello Bouba Maigari
image3	3x4.svg
party3	National Union for Democracy and Progress (Cameroon)
popular_vote3	569,887
percentage3	19.22%
map_image	1992 Cameroonian presidential election results by province.svg
map_caption	Results by province
Biya:
Ndi:
Maigari:
title	President
before_election	Paul Biya
before_party	Cameroon People's Democratic Movement
after_election	Paul Biya
after_party	Cameroon People's Democratic Movement

Biya:
Ndi:
Maigari:

Presidential elections were held in Cameroon on 11 October 1992. They were the first multi-party presidential election since multi-party politics had been legalised. They were also the first to feature more than one candidate. Incumbent Paul Biya won with 40% of the vote. Voter turnout was 72%.

The SDF accused the incumbent government of election fraud. International election monitors questioned the validity of the results.

Background

The 1992 presidential elections were a crucial moment in Cameroon's post-independence history. Although an assortment of opposition leaders—most importantly the anglophone Social Democratic Front leader John Fru Ndi—furiously opposed President Biya and sought to unseat him between 1990 and 1992, they were ultimately unable to do so. Although opposition was successful in forcing Biya to accept multi-party politics and severely pressured his regime, he nevertheless retained control of the country and faced a divided opposition in the 1992 elections. The opposition's failure to present a single candidate offered a significant advantage to Biya, as the electoral law did not provide for a second round, and therefore the opposition candidates could not unite against Biya in the event he failed to win a majority.

Results

Official results showed Biya winning the election with 40% of the vote, while Fru Ndi trailed with 36%. The results were denounced as fraudulent by the opposition, and Fru Ndi claimed victory, but his claim proved fruitless.

References

(1993). "Election Watch". Journal of Democracy.
[http://africanelections.tripod.com/cm.html Elections in Cameroon], African Elections Database
[[Dieter Nohlen]], Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p184 {{ISBN. 0-19-829645-2
(1993). "Election Watch". Journal of Democracy.

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