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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.
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 ...
The head of state in Uganda is the President, who is elected by a popular vote to a five-year term. This is currently Yoweri Museveni, who is also the head of the armed forces. The previous presidential elections were in February 2011, and in the election of February 2016, Museveni was elected with 68 percent of the vote.
The following is a list of constituencies (electoral districts) of Uganda. [1] There are 353 single-member districts which each elect one member of the Parliament of Uganda . [ 2 ]
13 January – The United States cancels its observation of the elections, saying the voting will lack transparency and accountability. [4] 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.
This is a list of members elected to the eleventh Parliament of Uganda (2021 to 2026) in the 2021 Ugandan general election. It was preceded by the tenth Parliament (2016 to 2021). List of members
The Electoral Commission of Uganda, also Uganda Electoral Commission, is a constitutionally established organ of the Government of Uganda, whose mandate is to "organise and conduct regular, free and fair elections" in the country, in an efficient, professional and impartial manner. [1]
General elections were held in Uganda on 18 February 2016 to elect the President and Parliament.Polling day was declared a national holiday. [1] [2]Presidential candidates included incumbent Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986, Kizza Besigye, [3] who had run against Museveni in 2001, 2006 and 2011, former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, Abed Bwanika who has also challenged Museveni in 2001 ...