Results of the presidential elections in Cameroon

On 22 October, 2018 in Yaoundé, the results of the presidential elections of the Republic of Cameroon held on October 7 were announced. The results can be found on the official website and on Twitter at the Cameroonian Electoral Commission (ELECAM). The 85-year-old Paul Biya, the permanent head of state since 1982, has been elected for the new term. In fact, he is for 43 years at the pinnacle of power, given his stay in the rank of prime minister (1975–1982) under President Ahmadou Ahidjo. Despite growing public discontent with the policy of the irremovable leader, Biya again became president (elections were held in 1984, 1988, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2011, 2018). The election results once again revealed systemic characteristics and chronic problems of the political life of Cameroon: practically unlimited powers of the president, a weak level of organization of the opposition, regional imbalance, marginalization of Anglophones, separatism.