By Etienne Mainimo Mengnjo
Veteran President, Paul Biya, at 92, has officially secured another term, extending his four-decade rule after being declared winner of the 2025 presidential election, the nation’s Constitutional Council announced Monday October 27.
Attended by national and international dignitries, Biya, one of the world’s oldest and longest-serving leaders, claimed a decisive victory with 53.66 percent of the vote, according to figures released by the council, headed by Clément Atangana. The election saw over 2.4 million Cameroonians cast their ballots for the incumbent leader, Paul Biya.
Issa Tchiroma Bakary of the Cameroon National Salvation Front, CNSF party, emerged as the main challenger, taking second place with 35.19 percent of the vote, representing more than 1.6 million voters.
The remaining candidates trailed significantly. Cabral Libii of the PCRN party came third with 3.42 percent. Bello Bouba Maigari of the UNDP party followed with 2.45 percent. Patricia Tomaino Hermine of the CDU party was fifth, and Joshua Osih of the opposition Social Democratic Front (SDF) came in sixth with 1.21 percent among others.
Biya won six of the country’s ten regions, while Tchiroma claimed four. Tchiroma did, however, secure a majority of votes cast in diplomatic missions abroad, across Africa and other parts of the world.
The regional breakdown showed Biya winning the Center, East, Far North, Northwest, Southwest and South. Tchiroma’s victories were in the Adamaoua, Littoral, North and West regions.
Biya’s highest vote totals were recorded in the South Region, where he won 90.86 percent, and the Northwest Region, where he secured 86.31 percent. The turnout of the election was 57.7 percent.
It should be noted that the results were already widely disseminated on social media before the Constitutional Council’s official proclamation.
