Joe Dinga Pefok (Uncle Joe)
The Claim By ISSA TCHIROMA’s Team, That The Number of Registered Voters In 18 Divisions They Selected, Constituted 80 % Of Registered Voters, In A Cameroon That Has 58 Divisions, Was FALSE. It Was A Political Manipulation. But Many Cameroonians Gullibly Accepted It, Without Checking The Veracity Of The Claim. How On Earth, Can 4,455,945, Be 80 % Of 7,976,053?
“RESULTATS COMPILES DE E’ELECTION PRESIDENTIELLE DU 12 OCTOBRE 2025”, that is “THE COMPILED RESULTS OF THE 12 OCTOBER, 2025 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION”. So read the headline of the ‘compiled result’ of the October 12, 2025 presidential election, by the Issa Tchiroma team, on the letter headed paper of Tchiroma’s party, FSNC. The ‘result’ was Issa Tchiroma’s evidence, to defend his claim that he was the real winner of the October 12, 2025 presidential election. It should however be noted, once more, that according to the Electoral Law of Cameroon, only the Constitutional Council has the authority to declare or proclaim the result of the presidential election.
Meanwhile, according to the statistics of the Issa Tchiroma team, there was a total of 4,455,945 (Four million, four hundred and fifty five thousand, nine hundred and forty five) registered voters in the 18 Divisions they selected, at the October 12 presidential election. According to the team, the total number of votes cast at the October 12 presidential election in the 18 Divisions, was 2,227,093 (Two million, two hundred and seventy seven thousand, and ninety three) votes, with a very high abstention figure of 2,178,852 (Two million, one hundred and seventy eight thousand, eight hundred and fifty two) registered voters. Still according to statistics on the result that was published by Issa Tchiroma’s team, there were a total of 35,325 blank votes, leaving the total number of valid votes at 2,241,768 (Two million, two hundred and forty one thousand, seven hundred and sixty eight) votes.
Issa Tchiroma’s Own “Election Result’ In The 18 Divisions, Gave Him A Big ‘Win’ Over Biya
At the end of the detail result, Division by Division, as regard the 18 selected Divisions, the statistics of the Issa Tchiroma team showed that Tchiroma allegedly received a total 1,227,271 (One million, two hundred and twenty seven thousand, two hundred and seventy one) votes, which according to their calculation, gave their candidate a score of 54.784 %. Still according to the statistics, incumbent Paul Biya, allegedly received a total of 700,690 (Seven hundred thousand, six hundred and ninety) votes, which gave him a score of 31.255 %.
It should be noted that the detail results of the other 10 presidential candidates in the 18 Divisions, was not presented by the Issa Tchroma team. Rather, the Tchiroma team presented us some arithmetic: “Autres candidats (10 restants): 2,241,768 – (1,227,271 + 700,690) = 313, 807 voixs”. So according to the Issa Tchiroma’s team, the other 10 presidential candidates allegedly received a total of 313,807 (Three hundred and thirteen thousand, eight hundred and seven votes) in the 18 Divisions.
Meanwhile, the Issa Tchiroma team said by their calculation, the percentage of votes received by their candidate, as well as by Paul Biya, and the rest of the 10 candidates lumped together, stood as follows: Issa Tchiroma Bakary: 54.75 %. Paul Biya: 31.26 %. Other candidates: 13.99%. “Sur l’echantillon de 18 departements representant 80% du corps electoral national, le candidat Issa Tchiroma arrive nettement en tete avec environ 54.75 % des suffrages valablement exprimes, contre 31.26% pour Paul Biya”. According to the Issa Tchiroma team, from the validated votes, that were registered in the 18 Divisions, which according to them represented or constituted 80 % of the national electorate, Issa Tchiroma clearly came at the top with about 54.75 % of the valid votes, against 31.26 % for Paul Biya in the second position.
The Main Controversy In Issa Tchiroma’s Own Result Of The October 12 Presidential Election
The Mentor News has no comment to make on the figures or statistics that were presented by Issa Tchiroma and his team, as the scores that Tchiroma allegedly recorded in the 18 selected Divisions, as well as what they said the incumbent, Paul Biya, allegedly received in terms of number of votes.
But The Mentor News found it very controversial or disputable, the claim that was made by Issa Tchiroma and his team, that the number of registered voters for the October 12, 2025 presidential election, in the 18 selected Divisions, constituted as much as 80 % of the registered voters for the election. THAT WAS SIMPLY NOT TRUE.
This issue thus raised questions about the credibility of the declaration or claim by Issa Tchiroma Bakary, that, he won the October 12 presidential election, based on the controversial claim that the electorates in the 18 Divisions, made up 80 % of the national electorates. The Mentor News is not saying that Issa Tchiroma in reality did not win the October 12, 2025 presidential election. Rather, what we are saying, is that the claim that was made by the Issa Tchiroma team, that the number of registered voters in the 18 Divisions they selected, at the October 12 presidential election, constituted 80 % of the registered voters in the country, or better still, that registered voters in the other 40 Divisions of the country constituted only 20 % of the national electorates, was definitely not true.
Number Of Registered Voters For October 12, 2025 Presidential Election
It would be recalled that the Managing Director of ELECAM, Dr Essousse Erik, in a communiqué he issued on October 9, 2025, that is, three days before the October 12 presidential election, clearly stated that the total number of registered voters for the election in the country, and the diaspora, stood at 8,010,464 (Eight million, ten thousand, four hundred and sixty four) registered voters. This was a significant increase from the number at the 2018 presidential election, which was a total of 6,667,754 (Six million, six hundred and sixty seven thousand, seven hundred and fifty four) registered voters.
Meanwhile, according to the statistics contained in the release that the Managing Director of ELECAM, Dr Essousse Erik, issued on October 9, 2025, the total of 8, 010, 464 registered voters for the October 12 presidential election, was comprised of 3,716,567 women, and 4,293,897 men. Also, the total number of registered voters in the diaspora stood at 34,411. Now, if we subtract the number of registered voters in the diaspora which was 34,411, from the total number of registered voters at home and abroad which stood at 8, 010,464, it will put the total number of registered voters across the country, or in the 10 regions, at the October 12 presidential election, at 7, 976, 053 (Seven million, nine hundred and seventy six thousand, and fifty three) registered voters.
Number Of Voters In The 18 Divisions, Do Not Constitute 80 % Of Registered Voters
According to the statistics in Issa Tchiroma’s own result for the October 12, 2025 presidential election, the total number of registered voters in their 18 selected Divisions for the presidential election, was 4,455,945 (Four million, four hundred and fifty five thousand, nine hundred and forty five). If we subtract this figure (4,455,945) from the total of 7,976,053 of registered voters in the country for the October 12 presidential election, it shows that there was a total of 3,520, 008 (Three million, five hundred and twenty thousand, and eight) registered voters in the other the 40 Divisions across the country, that were not included in the list of the 18 Divisions selected by the Tchiroma team. If we look closely, we will see that the total number of registered voters in the 18 Divisions, for the October 12, 2025 presidential election was, not above 60 % of the registered voters, not to talk of 80 % as the Tchiroma team claimed. You cannot deceive even a nursery school child, that 4,455,945, is 80% of 7,976,053.
No Mention Of Total Number Of Registered Voters
It should also be noted that in the statistics that were displayed by the Issa Tchiroma team in their compiled result of the October 12 presidential election, no mention was made of the total number of registered voters in the country for the election. This was definitely not an error. Bu the question is, what statistics did the Tchiroma team used, that led them to claim that the number of registered voters in the 18 Divisions they selected, constituted 80 % of registered voters in the country?
This whole thing was seemingly just a political game, or better still, a political manipulation.
