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Parliamentary elections will be held inCameroon in 2026. Originally, the elections were planned for 2025, however PresidentPaul Biya extended the term of theNational Assembly by one year, until 30 March 2026.[1][2]
The 180 members of theNational Assembly are elected from 58 single- and multi-member constituencies based on thedepartments.[3] In single-member constituencies,first-past-the-post voting is used. In multi-member constituencies, a modified form ofclosed listproportional representation is used, in which a party receiving over 50% of the vote in a constituency wins all the seats, but if no party receives over 50% of the vote, the party with the most votes is awarded half the seats and any other party receiving over 5% of the vote receives a proportional share of the remaining half of the seats based on thelargest remainder method andHare quota.[4]