Cameroonian presidential election, 1975

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Presidential elections were held in Cameroon on 5 April 1975. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Cameroonian National Union as the sole legal party. Its leader, Ahmadou Ahidjo, was the only candidate in the election, and won unopposed.^[1]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Ahmadou Ahidjo	Cameroonian National Union	3,478,942	100
Invalid/blank votes		244	–
Total		3,479,186	100
Registered voters/turnout		3,501,177	99.4
Source: Sternberger et al.^[2]

References

↑ Elections in Cameroon African Elections Database
↑ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p911

Elections and referendums in Cameroon

Presidential elections	1965 1970 1975 1980 1984 1988 1992 1997 2004 2011

Parliamentary elections	1964 1970 1973 1978 1983 1988 1992 1997 2002 2007 2013

Pre-union elections	French Cameroon: 1946 (Mar) 1946 (Dec) 1952 1956 1960 British Cameroons: 1954 1957 1959 1961

French elections	1945 1946 (Jun) 1946 (Nov) 1951 1956 1957

Referendums	1945 1946 (May) 1946 (Oct) 1958 1960 (French) 1961 (British) 1972

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