The 'Cameroon People's Democratic Movement' (, ''RDPC'') is the ruling
political party in
Cameroon. It evolved from an earlier party, the
Cameroon National Union, that had dominated Cameroon politics since independence in
1960.
In the
1997 presidential elections, its candidate,
Paul Biya got 92.6% of the vote and gained 149 of the 180 seats in the
National Assembly of Cameroon. At the last
legislative elections, 30 June and 15 September 2002, the party won 149 out of 180 seats. At the
presidential elections,
11 October 2004, its candidate,
Paul Biya, won 70.9 % of the vote.