17 May 1997 2002 → 88 - 43 13 | Turnout 75.6% 109 43 21 43 | |
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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%.
Results
a The seven seats were later won by the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement in by-elections.
References
Cameroonian parliamentary election, 1997 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA