Cameroon

Population Statistics

23,739,218

Total Population

3,560,883

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

01 October 2008

Signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Republic of Cameroon (1972, last amended 1996)

Updated: June 2015

Article 2, paragraph (1) states:

The vote shall be equal and secret, and every citizen aged twenty years and above shall be entitled to vote.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Republic of Cameroon (1972, last amended 1996)

Law Relating to the Electoral Code (2012)

Updated: June 2015

Section 2 states:

(1) Elections shall be by universal suffrage and by equal and secret ballot.

(2) Suffrage may be direct or indirect under the terms and conditions provided for by the Constitution and by this law.

 

Excerpt from the Law Relating to the Electoral Code (2012)