Cameroon: Voici les résultats des premières élections sénatoriales

Alexis Dipanda Mouelle proclaiming results Photo: © VKM Results of the April 14 first ever senatorial election in Cameroon has been published with the ruling Cameroon Peoples Democratic Movement, CPDM, grabbing 56 of the 70 elected seats while the Frontline opposition party, the Social Democratic Front, SDF, got the remaining 14 seats. The results were proclaimed this Monday April 29, in a solemn ceremony at the Supreme Court sitting in lieu of the Constitutional Council and was chaired by the Court’s President, Alexis Dipanda Mouelle. The remaining 30 Senators will be appointed by the President of the Republic in not more than 10 days and the 100 senators will meet in their first session next May 14. See results below: VOTER PARTICIPATION Number of registered voters: 9,839 Number voted: 9,785 Abstention: 104 Null Vote: 255 NATIONAL RESULTS OF CONTENDERS First: CPDM 73.12% Number of Seats won: 56 Second: SDF 17.59% Number of Seats won: 14 Third: UNDP 6.12% Number of Seats won: 0 Fourth: CDU 2.46% Number of Seats won: 0 SUMMARIZED RESULTS PER REGION Adamawa: SDF – 53.94% UNDP – 46.06% Centre: CPDM – 99% SDF – 1% East: CPDM – 100% lone competitor Far North: CPDM – 91.79% UNDP – 8.21% Littoral: CPDM – 92.66% UNDP – 5.80% West: SDF – 78.43% CDU – 21.17% North: CPDM – 65.67 UNDP – 33.03% SDF – 0.32% North West: CPDM – 52.02% SDF – 47.98% South: CPDM – 99.29% SDF – 0.07% South West: CPDM– 89% SDF – 19%