1992 Cameroonian parliamentary election

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All 180 seats in the National Assembly
90 seats needed for a majority

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
RDPC	Paul Biya	45.95	88	−92
UNDP	Bello Bouba Maigari	34.95	68	New
UPC	Henri Hogbe Nlend	8.87	18	New
MDR	Dakolé Daïssala	4.09	6	New

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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Parliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 1 March 1992. They were first multi-party elections for the National Assembly since 1964, although they were boycotted by the Social Democratic Front and the Cameroon Democratic Union.^[1] The result was a victory for the ruling (and formerly sole legal party) Cameroon People's Democratic Movement, which won 88 of the 180 seats.^[2] Voter turnout was 60.7%.^[3]

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Cameroon People's Democratic Movement	981,718	45.95	88	–92
	National Union for Democracy and Progress	746,740	34.95	68	New
	Union of the Peoples of Cameroon	189,534	8.87	18	New
	Movement for the Defence of the Republic	87,440	4.09	6	New
	Cameroonian Party of Democrats	37,131	1.74	0	New
	National Party for Progress	17,094	0.80	0	New
	People's Solidarity Party	15,908	0.74	0	New
	Union of Republicans of Cameroon	10,248	0.48	0	New
	Cameroonian People's Republican Party	7,930	0.37	0	New
	Conservative Republican Party	4,809	0.23	0	New
	Cameroonian Rally for the Republic	4,520	0.21	0	New
	Rally for Patriotic Forces	4,213	0.20	0	New
	Social Democratic Union	3,582	0.17	0	New
	Social Union of Cameroon	3,579	0.17	0	New
	Nationalism of the Pacifists of Cameroon	3,280	0.15	0	New
	People's Action Party	2,952	0.14	0	New
	Liberal Alliance Party	2,882	0.13	0	New
	Regrouping of Nationalist Forces	2,504	0.12	0	New
	PDVC	2,060	0.10	0	New
	United Socialist Party	1,800	0.08	0	New
	OROC	1,729	0.08	0	New
	Party of Unified Workers of Cameroon	1,445	0.07	0	New
	Cameroon Workers and Peasants Party	824	0.04	0	New
	National Rally for Democracy and Development	772	0.04	0	New
	Cameroon National Alliance	425	0.02	0	New
	Cameroon National Party	387	0.02	0	New
	Cameroon Social Democratic Association	228	0.01	0	New
	Parti des Fourmis Devient	168	0.01	0	New
	Cameroonian Benevolence Union	110	0.01	0	New
	Others	656	0.03	0	–
Total		2,136,668	100.00	180	0

Valid votes		2,136,668	87.73
Invalid/blank votes		298,898	12.27
Total votes		2,435,566	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,010,558	60.73
Source: CLEA

^ Elections in Cameroon African Elections Database
^ Cameroon Inter-Parliamentary Union
^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p180 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

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