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  "id": "cm-political-parties",
  "name": "Cameroon — Political Parties",
  "title": "Cameroon — Political Parties",
  "description": "Political parties of Cameroon from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.).",
  "category": "politics",
  "source": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata",
  "updated": "2026-04",
  "record_count": 17,
  "columns": [
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      "key": "partyfacts_id",
      "label": "Partyfacts Id",
      "type": "number"
    },
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      "key": "name_short",
      "label": "Name Short",
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    },
    {
      "key": "name",
      "label": "Name",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "name_english",
      "label": "Name English",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "name_other",
      "label": "Name Other",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "year_first",
      "label": "Year First",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "year_last",
      "label": "Year Last",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "share",
      "label": "Share",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "share_year",
      "label": "Share Year",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "wikipedia",
      "label": "Wikipedia",
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    },
    {
      "key": "description",
      "label": "Description",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "comment",
      "label": "Comment",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "technical",
      "label": "Technical",
      "type": "string"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5791,
      "name_short": "UNC",
      "name": "Union nationale camérounaise",
      "name_english": "Cameroonian National Union",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1966,
      "year_last": 1985,
      "share": 100,
      "share_year": 1979,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroonian_National_Union",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5410,
      "name_short": "UC",
      "name": "Union Camerounaise",
      "name_english": "Cameroon Union",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1958,
      "year_last": 1966,
      "share": 80,
      "share_year": 1964,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroonian_Union",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6338,
      "name_short": "KNDP",
      "name": "Kamerun National Democratic Party",
      "name_english": "Kamerun National Democratic Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1955,
      "year_last": 1966,
      "share": 76.1,
      "share_year": 1964,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamerun_National_Democratic_Party",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "Election result of 1964 received in the West District",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 3774,
      "name_short": "RDPC",
      "name": "Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais",
      "name_english": "Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1960,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 64.8,
      "share_year": 2002,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon_People%27s_Democratic_Movement",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6572,
      "name_short": "KNC",
      "name": "Kamerun National Congress",
      "name_english": "Kamerun National Congress",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1952,
      "year_last": 1960,
      "share": 30.8,
      "share_year": 1959,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamerun_National_Congress",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5409,
      "name_short": "CPNC",
      "name": "Cameroon People's National Convention",
      "name_english": "Cameroon People's National Convention",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1960,
      "year_last": 1966,
      "share": 24,
      "share_year": 1964,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon_People's_National_Convention",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 3682,
      "name_short": "SDF",
      "name": "Social Democratic Front",
      "name_english": "Social Democratic Front",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1990,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 23.5,
      "share_year": 1997,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Democratic_Front_%28Cameroon%29",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5411,
      "name_short": "UPC",
      "name": "Union des Populations du Cameroun",
      "name_english": "Union of the Peoples of Cameroon",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1947,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 20.8,
      "share_year": 1960,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_the_Peoples_of_Cameroon",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6574,
      "name_short": "KPP",
      "name": "Kamerun People's Party",
      "name_english": "Kamerun People's Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1957,
      "year_last": 1960,
      "share": 20,
      "share_year": 1957,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamerun_People%27s_Party",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 3775,
      "name_short": "UNDP",
      "name": "Union Nationale pour la Démocratie et le Progrès",
      "name_english": "National Union for Democracy and Progress",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1997,
      "year_last": 2002,
      "share": 13.3,
      "share_year": 1997,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Union_for_Democracy_and_Progress_(Cameroon)",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6575,
      "name_short": "MANC",
      "name": "Mouvement d'Action Nationale Camerounaise",
      "name_english": "Cameroonian National Action Movement",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1956,
      "year_last": 1960,
      "share": 11.4,
      "share_year": 1956,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroonian_National_Action_Movement",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6458,
      "name_short": "FPUP",
      "name": "Front Populaire de l'Unite et la Paix",
      "name_english": "Popular Front for Unity and Peace",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1960,
      "year_last": 1961,
      "share": 10.8,
      "share_year": 1960,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Front_for_Unity_and_Peace",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5412,
      "name_short": "PDC",
      "name": "Parti des Démocrates Camerounais",
      "name_english": "Cameroonian Party of Democrats",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1958,
      "year_last": 1964,
      "share": 10.4,
      "share_year": 1960,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroonian_Party_of_Democrats",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7218,
      "name_short": "PI",
      "name": "Paysans Indépendants",
      "name_english": "Independent Peasants",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1956,
      "year_last": 1956,
      "share": 9.6,
      "share_year": 1956,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Peasants",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "ParIS",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6573,
      "name_short": "OK",
      "name": "One Kamerun",
      "name_english": "One Kamerun",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1957,
      "year_last": 1961,
      "share": 6.9,
      "share_year": 1961,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Kamerun",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5878,
      "name_short": "MDR",
      "name": "Mouvement pour la Défense de la République",
      "name_english": "Movement for the Defense of the Republic",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1992,
      "year_last": 2007,
      "share": 4.1,
      "share_year": 1992,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_the_Defence_of_the_Republic",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 3773,
      "name_short": "UDC",
      "name": "Union Démocratique du Cameroun",
      "name_english": "Cameroon Democratic Union",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1997,
      "year_last": 2002,
      "share": 2.1,
      "share_year": 1997,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon_Democratic_Union",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "title": "Cameroon — Political Parties - Free Download",
    "description": "Political parties of Cameroon from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.). Contains 17 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "seo_title": "Cameroon — Political Parties | ListBase",
    "seo_description": "Download Cameroon — Political Parties dataset with 17 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "key_takeaways": [
      "Contains 17 records with 13 fields",
      "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats",
      "Data sourced from https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata"
    ]
  }
}