2021 Ugandan general election

2021 Ugandan general election
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Presidential election
Turnout59.35% (Decrease 8.26pp)
 
Nominee Yoweri Museveni Bobi Wine
Party NRM NUP
Popular vote 6,042,898 3,631,437
Percentage 58.38% 35.08%
Results by district:
Yoweri Museveni:      45–50%      50–55%      55–60%      60–65%      65–70%      70–75%      75–80%      80–85%      85–90%      90–95%      >95%
Bobi Wine:      45–50%      50–55%      55–60%      60–65%      65–70%      70–75%      75–80%
President before election

Yoweri Museveni
NRM

Elected President

Yoweri Museveni
NRM

Parliamentary election
All 529 seats in Parliament
265 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
NRM Yoweri Museveni 41.60 336 +43
NUP Bobi Wine 13.48 57 New
FDC Patrick Oboi Amuriat 7.29 32 −4
DP Norbert Mao 2.45 9 −6
UPC Jimmy Micheal Akena 1.80 9 +3
JEEMA Asuman Basalirwa 0.25 1 +1
PPP Jaberi Bidandi Ssali 0.10 1 +1
Independents – 32.18 74 +8
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker of Parliament before Speaker of Parliament after
Rebecca Kadaga
NRM		 Jacob Oulanyah
NRM
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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 58.64% of the votes although the U.S. State Department qualified the electoral process as "fundamentally flawed"[3] and Africa Elections Watch said they observed irregularities. The official voter turnout was 57%[4] but is questioned since 409 polling stations have been announced to have 100% voter turnout.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Uganda to hold elections in early 2021, campaign rallies banned". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  2. ^ Biryabarema, Elias (2020-07-21). "Uganda's Museveni seeks re-election to extend rule to four decades". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  3. ^ Milliken, David (17 January 2021). "Uganda's Museveni wins sixth term, rival alleges fraud". Reuters.
  4. ^ "Museveni declared winner of disputed Uganda presidential election". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 16, 2021. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "409 Polling Stations had 100% Voter Turnout, Giving Museveni 95.8%". URN.
  6. ^ "Election observers baffled by 100% voter turnout". Observer.