Cameroonian parliamentary election, 1997

Cameroonian parliamentary election, 1997

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Turnout	75.6%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Paul Biya John Fru Ndi Maigari Bello Bouba Party RDPC FSD UNDP Seats before 88 - 68 Seats won 109 43 13 Seat change 21 43 55 Popular vote 1,399,751 685,689 392,712 Percentage 48.0% 23.5% 13.5% Swing 2.5% 12.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Adamou Ndam Njoya Party UDC UPC MDR Seats before - 6 6 Seats won 5 1 1 Seat change 5 5 5 Popular vote 76,644 78,452 71,762 Percentage 2.6% 2.7% 2.5% Swing 6.0% 1.5%

Parliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 17 May 1997. The result was a victory for the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement, which won 116 of the 180 seats, including seven constituencies in which the result had originally been cancelled by the Supreme Court due to serious irregularities and the election re-run. Voter turnout was 75.6%.

^a The seven seats were later won by the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement in by-elections.

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