2006 Ugandan general election

2006 Ugandan general election

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Presidential election
Turnout	69.19% ( 1.12 pp)
Nominee Yoweri Museveni Kizza Besigye Party NRM FDC Popular vote 4,109,449 2,592,954 Percentage 59.26% 37.39%
Results by subcounty Results by district Museveni:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Besigye:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%      No Data
President before election Yoweri Museveni NRM Elected President Yoweri Museveni NRM
Parliamentary election
All 319 seats in Parliament 160 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Seats NRM Yoweri Museveni 213 FDC Kizza Besigye 37 UPC Miria Obote 9 DP John Ssebaana Kizito 8 CP Ken Lukyamuzi 1 JEEMA Kibirige Muhamad Mayanja 1 Independents – 40 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Speaker of Parliament before Speaker of Parliament after Edward Ssekandi NRM Edward Ssekandi NRM

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General elections were held in Uganda on 23 February 2006. They were the first multi-party elections since President Yoweri Museveni took over power in 1986, and followed a referendum the previous year on scrapping the ban on party politics.

Museveni ran for a second re-election as the National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate. His main opponent was the leader of the Forum for Democratic Change, Kizza Besigye. Besigye was arrested on 14 November 2005 on allegations of treason, concealment of treason, and rape. The treason case included his alleged links to the rebel groups, Lord's Resistance Army and People's Redemption Army, and the rape charge referred to an incident in November 1997 allegedly involving the daughter of a friend. The arrest led to demonstrations and riots in Kampala and towns around the country. Pro-Besigye protesters believed the charges were fabricated to stop Besigye from challenging Museveni.

The result of the presidential election was a victory for Museveni, who received 59 percent of the vote; Besigye took 37 percent. In the parliamentary elections the NRM won 213 of the 319 seats.