Cameroon’s ruling party emerged with a landslide victory in the country’s parliamentary elections, according to results announced by the constitutional council last Friday. President Paul Biya’s People’s Democratic Movement party (RDPC) took 139 out of 167 declared seats in the February 9 polls.
According to Clement Atangana, the constitutional council’s president, the estimated turnout was pegged at 46 percent, RDPC’s share of seats fell from 148 in the outgoing parliament.
Elections were not held in 13 seats covering the Anglophone regions but are expected to be held at a later date.
The Social Democratic Front party, the country’s largest opposition party during the 2013 polls, lost a number of seats, falling from 18 to five.