Democracy in Cameroon

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Democracy Ratings

Freedom House 2018	Score: 6 out of 7 (where lower scores are more democratic)	Freedom Status: Not Free
EIU Democracy Index 2017	Score: 7.88 out of 10 (where higher scores are more democratic)	World Ranking: -130
Polity IV 2016	Score: -4 (from -10 to 10, where higher scores are more democratic)	Category: Closed Anocracy

Political System

System of Government	Presidential system, with prime minister
Presidential Electoral System	Two Round System
Last Presidential Election	2011
Next Presidential Election	2018
Presidential Term Limits	No term limit (removed in 2008)
System of Appointment to Legislature	Lower Chamber: First past the post in single-member constituencies.  Mixture in multi-member constituencies: parties with over 50% get all seats. Alternatively, those with most get half of the constituency seats, with rest distributed through the largest remainder. Upper Chamber: 70 indirectly elected through municipal councils. 30 appointed by the President.
Last Legislative Election	2013
Next Legislative Election	2018
Number of Seats in Legislature	Lower Chamber: 180 Upper Chamber: 100
Female quota, representation in lower house	No Legislated Quotas

Results

Last presidential election (2011)
Candidate (Party)	Votes (%)
	1st round	2nd Round not Needed
Paul Biya	77.99
John Fru Ndi Ni	10.71
Garga Haman Adji	3.21
Adamou Ndam Njoya	1.73
Paul Abine Ayah	1.26
Edith Kahbang Walla	0.72
Albert Dzongang	0.55
Jean de Dieu Momo	0.49
Jean-Jacques Ekindi	0.45
Bernard Muna	0.38
Esther Dang	0.33
Olivier Anicet Bilé	0.31
Anicet Ekane	0.23
Victorin Hameni Bieuleu	0.22
Fritz Pierre Ngo	0.19
Jean Njeunga	0.19
Isaac Feuzeu	0.19
Hubert Kamgang	0.17
Simon Pierre Atangana Nsoe	0.17
Marcus Lontouo	0.16
George Dobgima Nyamndi	0.12
Joachim Tabi Owono	0.12
Daniel Soh Fone	0.1

Last legislative election (2013)
Party	Votes (%)	Seats
Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement	82.2	148
Social Democratic Front	10.0	18
National Union for Democracy and Progress	2.8	5
Cameroon Democratic Union	2.2	4
Union of the Peoples of Cameroon	1.7	3
Cameroon Renaissance Movement	0.6	1
Movement for the Defence of the Republic	0.6	1
22 other parties	0.0	0

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