Country: | Cameroon |
Flag Year: | 1961 |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1970 Cameroonian presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1970 |
Election Date: | 5 April 1975 |
Next Election: | 1980 Cameroonian presidential election |
Next Year: | 1980 |
Image1: | AhmadouAhidjoNL1979-5.jpg |
Nominee1: | Ahmadou Ahidjo |
Party1: | Cameroonian National Union |
Popular Vote1: | 3,483,165 |
Percentage1: | 100% |
President | |
Before Election: | Ahmadou Ahidjo |
Before Party: | Cameroonian National Union |
Posttitle: | Elected President |
After Election: | Ahmadou Ahidjo |
After Party: | Cameroonian National Union |
Presidential elections were held in Cameroon on 5 April 1975. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Cameroonian National Union as the sole legal party. Its leader, Ahmadou Ahidjo, was the only candidate in the election, and won unopposed.[1]