REPUBLIC OF CAMEROUN
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1997
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Source: CNN

Parties
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* MDP - Mouvement pour la Démocratie et le Progrès (Movement for
   Democracy and Progress)
* PPD - Parti Populaire pour le Développement (Popular Party for
   Development)
* RDPC - Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais 
   (Democratic Rally of the People of Cameroun)
* UPC - Union des Populations du Cameroun (Union of the Peoples of
   Cameroun)

NATIONAL SUMMARY
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Registered voters:                           3,882,725 
Votes cast:                                  3,377,833 (87.0)
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Candidate                        Party       Votes      %
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Paul BIYA                        RDPC        3,167,820  92.6
Albert Dzongang                  PPD            40,814  01.2
Samuel Eboua                     MDP            83,506  02.4
Henri Hogbe Nlend                UPC            85,693  02.5
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Total                                        3,377,833
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