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General elections were held in Uganda on 14 January 2021 to elect the President and the Parliament. [1] [2] The Electoral Commission announced Incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, the incumbent ruling since 1986, as the winner with 59% of the vote, although the U.S. State Department qualified the electoral process as "fundamentally flawed" [3] and Africa Elections Watch said they observed ...
"Preliminary Results for Members of Parliament" (PDF). Eagle Online "Visible Polls - Elected Parliament - Uganda 2021 General Election". Visible Polls "Full List of Elected MPs in Uganda 2021". Daily Express. 19 January 2021
14 January – 2021 Ugandan general election. [5] [6] Yoweri Museveni is declared the winner with 59% of the vote compared to 35% for Bobi Wine. Wine promises to present evidence of voter fraud and to challenge the election. [7] Museveni had 5.85 million votes and Wine had 3.48 million votes; Vote turnout was 52%. [8]
The Uganda Electoral Commission (EC) provides national elections for a president and a legislature.The president is elected for a five-year term. The Parliament is composed of members directly elected to represent constituencies, and one woman representative for every district; as well representatives of special interest groups, including the army, youth, workers and persons with disabilities.
The highly contested elections was marred with violence, the European Parliament voiced outrage, condemnation and for sanctions against individuals and organisations responsible for human rights violations in Uganda. [10] The results of the most recent presidential election from 2021 are as below:
In the Presidential Elections of 2021 there were 409 polling stations with a 100% turnout, all of which were won by President Museveni. [7] Election forms (so-called Declaration of Results) have been altered at the advantage of president Museveni in a way that the Electoral Commission has not been able to explain. [8]
President Yoweri Museveni has ruled the country since 1986 and he was latest re-elected in January 2021 presidential elections. [70] According to official results Museveni won the elections with 58% of the vote while popstar-turned-politician Bobi Wine had 35%. The opposition challenged the result because of allegations of widespread fraud and ...
This period marked the return to power of Milton Obote and the Uganda People's Congress (UPC), following the disputed national elections of 1980. The speaker of the Fourth Parliament was Francis Butagira , a Harvard -trained lawyer. the Fourth Parliament ended when General Basilio Olara Okello overthrew Obote and the UPC government in 1985.