Madar (Yaoundé) - Cameroonian President Paul Biya has convened voters for legislative and municipal elections on February 7, 2027, in a decree made public on Monday, November 9, 2026, after more than two years of extended mandates, Radio France Internationale (RFI) reported.
According to the same source, November 9 was the deadline for convening the electorate for a vote early next year. The decree meets the minimum 90-day period required by the electoral code, meaning there will be no further postponement of the two polls.
The mandates of members of parliament had been extended until December 20, 2026, and those of municipal councillors until February 28, 2027.
The elections will take place just over a year after the last presidential election, in which Biya was declared the winner with 53% of the vote, while the opposition received more than 45%, including more than 35% for Issa Tchiroma.
Tchiroma's party, the Cameroon National Salvation Front (FSNC), was suspended for three months in late October 2026 by the minister of territorial administration, notably for "calling for insurrection", according to the same source.
In the previous legislative elections in 2020, the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) won 152 of the 180 seats in the National Assembly. The presidential party also controls the country's major cities.
