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{{Politics of Uganda}}
The [[Uganda Electoral Commission]] (EC) provides national elections for a [[President of Uganda|president]] and a [[legislature]]. The president is elected for a five-year term. The [[Parliament of Uganda|Parliament]] is composed of members directly elected to represent constituencies, and one woman representative for every [[Districts of Uganda|district]]; as well representatives of special interest groups,  including the [[Uganda People's Defence Force|army]], [[Youth in Uganda|youth]], workers and persons with disabilities.

==Overview==
The first national election in Uganda was the [[1962 Ugandan general election|Uganda National Assembly election of 1962]]. An alliance between the [[Uganda People's Congress]] (UPC) and [[Kabaka Yekka]] (KY) won the majority of parliamentary seats, and formed Uganda's first post-independence government with Obote as [[Executive (government)|executive]] Prime Minister.<ref>[http://www.parliament.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4&Itemid=3 History of Parliament] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220164706/http://www.parliament.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4&Itemid=3 |date=2010-02-20 }} (Website of the Parliament of Uganda)</ref>

A period of dictatorship and political strife, including the tenures of [[Idi Amin]], [[Yusuf Lule]] and [[Godfrey Binaisa]], meant no elections were held until the presidential election of December 1980. Obote was pronounced the winner amid bitter dispute and allegations of [[electoral fraud]]. [[Yoweri Museveni]], one of the presidential aspirants, declared an armed rebellion, and waged a guerrilla war (the [[Ugandan Bush War]]) against the government of Obote. Museveni's [[National Resistance Army]] (NRA) took power in 1986 from the government of Gen. [[Tito Okello Lutwa]] who had six months earlier toppled Obote's UPC government in a July 27, 1985 military coup, making him president.

Museveni and his [[National Resistance Movement]] (NRM) created a form of "[[Non-partisan democracy|no-party democracy]]", banning political parties from fielding candidates directly in elections.<ref name=Kasfir>{{Cite journal|author=Nelson Kasfir |year=1998 |title="No-Party Democracy" in Uganda |journal=Journal of Democracy |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=49–63 |url=http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/journal_of_democracy/v009/9.2kasfir.html |doi=10.1353/jod.1998.0029 |s2cid=154723327 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> In the "no-party" presidential election in 1996, Museveni defeated [[Paul Ssemogerere (politician)|Paul Ssemogerere]] and [[Mohamed Mayanja]] by a landslide. Although international and domestic observers described the vote as valid, both the losing candidates rejected the results.<ref name=Kasfir /> In the following presidential election, held in 2001, Museveni won by a substantial majority, with [[Kizza Besigye]] as the only real challenger. Despite a protest against the results, citing massive voter intimidation and rigging, the outcome was accepted by the [[Supreme Court of Uganda]].

In the [[2005 Uganda multiparty referendum|2005 constitutional referendum]], Ugandans voted to restore a [[multi-party system|multi-party political system]], lifting the 19-year restriction on the activities of political parties. The [[2006 Ugandan general election|2006 general election]] was the first multiparty election in 25 years. Museveni won 59% of the presidential vote, and his party, the [[National Resistance Movement]], won the majority of parliamentary seats. Pop star and opposition leader with [[Bobi Wine]] challenged Museveni for the presidency in the 2021 election, with [[2021_Ugandan_general_election#President|Museveni winning]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tknews.co.ke/ugandas-bobi-wine-charged-with-annoying-museveni/|title=Uganda's Bobi Wine charged with 'annoying' Museveni|date=2019-08-07|website=THE KENYAN|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-09|archive-date=2019-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027135442/https://tknews.co.ke/ugandas-bobi-wine-charged-with-annoying-museveni/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Latest elections==
===President===
{{Election results
|cand1=Yoweri Museveni|party1=National Resistance Movement|votes1=6042898
|cand2=Bobi Wine|party2=National Unity Platform|votes2=3631437
|cand3=Patrick Amuriat|party3=Forum for Democratic Change|votes3=337589
|cand4=Mugisha Muntu|party4=Alliance for National Transformation|votes4=67574
|cand5=Norbert Mao|party5=Democratic Party (Uganda)|Democratic Party|votes5=57682
|cand6=Henry Tumukunde|party6=Independent|votes6=51392
|cand7=Joseph Kabuleta|party7=Independent|votes7=45424
|cand8=Nancy Kalembe|party8=Independent|votes8=38772
|cand9=John Katumba|party9=Independent|votes9=37554
|cand10=Fred Mwesigye|party10=Independent|votes10=25483
|cand11=Willy Mayambala|party11=Independent|votes11=15014
}}
===Parliament===
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Ouganda Parlement 2021.svg]]
|firstround=Constituency|secondround=Women|seattype1=Appointed|seattype2=Total
|party1=National Resistance Movement|votes1=4158934|seats1=218|votes1_2=4532814|seats1_2=101|st1t1=17|st2t1=336
|party2=National Unity Platform|votes2=1347929|seats2=43|votes2_2=1607425|seats2_2=14|st1t2=0|st2t2=57
|party3=Forum for Democratic Change|votes3=729247|seats3=24|votes3_2=674154|seats3_2=8|st1t3=0|st2t3=32
|party4=Democratic Party (Uganda)|Democratic Party|votes4=245248|seats4=8|votes4_2=181364|seats4_2=1|st1t4=0|st2t4=9
|party5=Uganda People's Congress|votes5=180313|seats5=7|votes5_2=229884|seats5_2=2|st1t5=0|st2t5=9
|party6=Alliance for National Transformation|votes6=72018|seats6=0|votes6_2=82318|seats6_2=0|st1t6=0|st2t6=0
|party7=Justice Forum|votes7=24843|seats7=1|votes7_2=22625|seats7_2=0|st1t7=0|st2t7=1
|party8=People's Progressive Party (Uganda)|People's Progressive Party|votes8=10076|seats8=1|votes8_2=0|seats8_2=0|st1t8=0|st2t8=1
|party9=Uganda Economic Party|votes9=6199|seats9=0|votes9_2=0|seats9_2=0|st1t9=0|st2t9=0
|party10=Ecological Party of Uganda|votes10=4287|seats10=0|votes10_2=0|seats10_2=0|st1t10=0|st2t10=0
|party11=Conservative Party (Uganda)|Conservative Party|votes11=1071|seats11=0|votes11_2=0|seats11_2=0|st1t11=0|st2t11=0
|party12=Social Democratic Party|votes12=719|seats12=0|votes12_2=0|seats12_2=0|st1t12=0|st2t12=0
|party13=Forum for Integrity in Leadership|votes13=122|seats13=0|votes13_2=0|seats13_2=0|st1t13=0|st2t13=0
|party14=Congress Service Volunteers Organisation|votes14=68|seats14=0|votes14_2=0|seats14_2=0|st1t14=0|st2t14=0
|party15=Independents|votes15=3217480|seats15=51|votes15_2=2785676|seats15_2=20|st1t15=3|st2t15=74
|row16=Uganda People's Defence Force|votes16=0|seats16=0|votes16_2=0|seats16_2=0|st1t16=10|st2t16=10
}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Uganda}}
* [[Electoral calendar]]
* [[Voting system|Electoral system]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ugpulse.com/articles/daily/Government.asp?about=Museveni%27s+Win+in+the+2011+Elections%3A+What+Does+it+Mean+For+Uganda%27s+Politics%3F&id=1208 Museveni's Win in the 2011 Elections: What Does it Mean For Uganda's Politics?]
*[http://www.ec.or.ug/ Uganda Electoral Commission]
*[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/u/uganda/ Adam Carr's Election Archive]
*[http://africanelections.tripod.com/ug.html African Elections Database]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312064719/http://www.idea.int/countryprofile.cfm?CountryCode=UG Voter turnout, Gender quotas, Electoral system design and Political party financing in Uganda]

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