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President Paul Biya wins eighth term in disputed presidential election

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Incumbent President Paul Biya of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (Rassemblement démocratique du Peuple Camerounais, RDPC) won Cameroon’s presidential election, held on 12 October, extending his rule to an eighth consecutive term. According to official results, Biya won 53.7 per cent of votes, ahead of Issa Tchiroma of the Cameroon National Salvation (Front pour le salut national du Cameroun, FSNC) with 35.2 per cent. Of the 12 candidates that contested the election, only one was a woman.

Ouattara re-elected in low-turnout vote lacking main opposition

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On 27 October, Côte d’Ivoire’s electoral commission declared President Alassane Ouattara the winner of the 25 October presidential election with 89.8 per cent of the vote. Major challengers Laurent Gbagbo and Tidjane Thiam were barred from running, and with no major opposition contender on the ballot, voter turnout dropped slightly to 50.1 per cent from 53.9 per cent in 2020. Entrepreneur Jean-Louis Billon placed a distant second with 3.1 per cent, followed by former First Lady Simone Gbagbo at 2.4 per cent; she was one of two women candidates among the five on the ballot.

Ruling PAS retains parliamentary majority in election

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The ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) won 50.2 per cent of the vote and 55 of 101 seats in the country’s parliamentary election on 28 September. The opposition Patriotic Electoral Bloc (BEP) came second with 24.2 per cent and 26 seats. Electoral turnout was 52.2 per cent, up from 48.4 per cent in the 2021 elections. As with other recent elections, the campaign was portrayed as a referendum between further European integration and a pro-Russian geopolitical orientation by many actors and observers, including PAS, Russia, and the European Union.