Cameroon’s 92-year-old incumbent President Paul Biya has been declared the winner of the latest election.
The Constitutional Council announced, this Monday, October 27, 2025, the victory of Paul Biya in the presidential election of October 12, with 53.66% of the vote against 35.19% for Issa Tchiroma Bakary, his main opponent in this election.
At 92 years old, and despite a state of health deemed fragile by his detractors, the Cameroonian head of state is thus extending a reign that began more than four decades ago.
Candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who came second according to the institution, claims victory against the outgoing president after the election of October 12, 2025.
It should be recalled that on Sunday, October 26, 2025, clashes with security forces in Cameroon left at least four protesters dead before the results were announced, while Issa Tchiroma Bakary claimed victory in the presidential election.
Security forces began with a volley of tear gas before firing “live ammunition ,” according to protesters interviewed by AFP.
Issa Tchiroma Bakary, a defector from the presidential camp who recently joined the opposition, gathered several thousand people at his campaign rallies across the country. According to his own count, he won 54.8% of the vote compared to 31.3% for outgoing President Paul Biya.
Since last week, his supporters have sporadically taken to the streets to claim victory in the presidential election.
Most analysts expected Paul Biya, the world’s oldest serving head of state, to win another seven-year term in a system his critics accuse of having locked in place over his 43 years in power.
He is the second head of state to lead Cameroon since its independence from France in 1960, and has ruled by repressing all opposition, surviving economic upheaval and a separatist conflict since 2016 in the country’s two English-speaking regions.
