List of political parties in Cameroon explained

This article lists the various political parties in Cameroon.

Cameroon is a one party dominant state with the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.

Parties represented in the National Assembly

Party		Abbr.	Leader	Political position	Ideology	Assembly
bgcolor=		Cameroon People's Democratic Movement Rassemblement démocratique du peuple camerounais	CPDM RDPC	Paul Biya	Big tent	Nationalism Francophilia Right-wing populism
bgcolor=		National Union for Democracy and Progress Union nationale pour la démocratie et le progrès	NUDP UNDP	Maigari Bello Bouba	Right-wing	Democratic capitalism Anti-communism
bgcolor=		Social Democratic Front Front social démocrate	SDF FSD	John Fru Ndi	Centre-left	Social democracy
	Parti camerounais pour la réconciliation nationale	CPNR PCRN	Cabral Libii
bgcolor=		Cameroon Democratic Union Union démocratique du Cameroun	UDC	Patricia Tomaïno Ndam Njoya
	Front for the National Salvation of Cameroon Front pour le salut national du Cameroun	FNSC FSNC
bgcolor=		Movement for the Defence of the Republic Mouvement pour la défense de la République	MDR	Dakolé Daïssala
	Union of Socialist Movements Union des mouvements socialistes	USM UMS			Socialism

(Movement Patriotique du Salut Camerounais) (MPSC) - Aboubakary Siddiki.
Respect Unity for all African Integration (Rufasca, Ambazonians, Southern Cameroonians) - Oussama Al-Suhaiqi.
Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (Union des Populations du Cameroun) - Cecil Odhiambo.
Cameroonian Party of Democrats (Parti des Démocrates Camerounais) - Mohammed El-Maghrabi (Petu)*
Alliance for Democracy and Development (Alliance pour la Démocratie et le Développement) - Marcel Yondo*
Cameroon Reformation Party^[1] (CRP-Party) - Foligar Kum Lang
Parti Republicain du Cameroun (Republican Party of Cameroon) - Georges Gilbert Baongla
African Peoples Union (Union des Populations Africaines -UPA)
Progressive Movement (Mouvement Progressiste)
Believe in Cameroon (Croire au Cameroun)- Bernard Njonga
Cameroon Renaissance Movement (Mouvement pour la Renaissance du Cameroun) - Maurice Kamto