Paul Biya has won his eighth term as the President of Cameroon, a victory that could see him remain in power until he is nearly 100 years old.
Biya won his eighth term in the presidency after Cameroon’s Constitutional Council declared him the winner of the October 12, 2025, presidential election.
This is according to official results announced on Monday, October 27, 2025, by the country’s Constitutional Council.
“Hereby proclaimed President-elect: the candidate Biya Paul,” said Clement Atangana, president of the Constitutional Council.
According to results announced on Monday by the Constitutional Council, Biya won his eighth term after securing 53.66% of the votes, defeating his main challenger, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who garnered 35.19%.
The latest victory means Biya, one of the world’s oldest and longest-serving leaders, will continue to govern Cameroon for another seven-year term, extending a presidency that began in 1982.
Below is the breakdown of Cameroon’s presidential election results;
Here are the candidates with the largest share of the vote in the ten region across Cameroon:
Adamawa – Issa Chiroma Bakary won with 56% of the votes
Centre – Paul Biya won with a 70.14% share
East – Biya won with a 73.88%
Far North – Biya gets 45.93%
Littoral – Tchiroma Bakary takes 64.5%
South region – Paul Biya’s home region is where he takes the highest share so far with a whopping 90.86% of votes
South-West – about 53% of people abstained in this restive Anglophone region, with the highest share going to Biya: 68.7%
North region – Issa Tchiroma Bakary takes the largest share with 43.51%
North-West – 52.5% of people here abstained from voting – of the votes cast, the majority go to Paul Biya: 86.31%
West region – Paul Biya takes 46.21% to Tchiroma’s 38.6%
Opposition candidate reacts
However, opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who garnered 35.19% of the national vote has fiercely contested the results.
Bakary, the candidate for the Front for the National Salvation of Cameroon (FSNC), claimed that he won the October 12, 2025, Presidential election of Cameroon, alleging widespread irregularities and ballot fraud.
He said: “Urgent: Currently at my home in Garoua, they are shooting at civilians who are camping in front of my house. The assault is on.
“Toll of their attack: two dead. I wonder what will be said this time. Shooting point-blank at your own brothers – I can’t help but wonder if you’re mercenaries. Kill me if you want, but I will liberate this country by any means necessary. What blatant impunity.”
Recall that hundreds of opposition supporters barricaded roads and burned tyres in Cameroon’s commercial capital on Sunday, as protests intensified a day before the announcement of presidential election results.
Police fired teargas and water cannon to break up the crowds of supporters of opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma
Who is Paul Biya?
Biya is Africa’s oldest head of state and the continent’s second longest-serving, narrowly beaten to that record by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of neighbouring Equatorial Guinea.
Biya rose to power in 1982, succeeding his mentor and predecessor, Ahmadou Ahidjo, with promises of liberal reforms and democratic renewal. However, over the years, he gradually consolidated power, tightening his grip on the presidency.
Since narrowly winning the 1992 presidential election, Biya has effectively fended off all subsequent political challenges — aided, in part, by alleged electoral manipulation and the persistent disunity among a fragmented and often disorganized opposition.
