Cameroon
○ Presidential Election
- Seat: 1
- Term of office: 7 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
· National Assembly
- Seats: 180
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 24,000
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 8 am and 6 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 6,667,754 (2018 elections)
· Voter turnout: 53.85% (2018 presidential election)
· Voting age: 20
- Presidential: single-round majority ballot
· Voting process
1. On entering the polling station, the elector shall produce their voter’s card. They shall also prove their identity by producing their national identity card.
2. After having been identified, every elector shall themselves take an envelope and each of the ballot papers placed at their disposal, and compulsorily enter the polling booth where they shall make their choice.
3. Cast Ballots
· Counting process
1. Manual Count in Polling Station: take each ballot out of the box one by one consecutively, and display it to the attending public witnesses.
2. Once counting is over, the results obtained in each polling station shall be proclaimed.
· Time to take to announce voting results in the country: within 15 days of the close of the poll