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Uganda
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ELECTION TYPE |
DATE |
| Republic of Uganda |
Presidential |
March 12, 2001 |
At stake
in this election:
- Office of president
of Uganda
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Description
of government structure:
- Uganda has a unicameral
National Assembly with 276 seats.
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Description
of electoral system:
- The president is
popularly elected for a five-year term.
- All members of
the National Assembly are elected by a system of proportional representation
in single-member constituencies.
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Results of the election for president:
- Presidential
Candidate: President Lt. Gen. Kaguta Yoweri MUSEVENI
Party: Independent Candidate
Valid Votes Received: 5,123,360
Percent of Valid Votes Received: 69.33%
- Presidential
Candidate: Kiiza BESIGYE
Party: Independent Candidate
Valid Votes Received: 2,055,795
Percent of Valid Votes Received: 27.82%
- Presidential
Candidate: Aggrey AWORI
Party: Independent Candidate
Valid Votes Received: 103,915
Percent of Valid Votes Received: 1.41%
- Presidential
Candidate: Muhammad Kibirige MAYANJA
Party: Independent Candidate
Valid Votes Received: 73,790
Percent of Valid Votes Received: 1.00%
- Presidential
Candidate: Francis BWENGYE
Party: Independent Candidate
Valid Votes Received: 22,751
Percent of Valid Votes Received: .31%
- Presidential
Candidate: Karuhanga CHAPAA
Party: Independent Candidate
Valid Votes Received: 10,080
Percent of Valid Votes Received: .14
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When was
the last presidential election?
- Presidential elections
last held: May 9, 1996
- President Lt. Gen.
Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI received 74% of the vote, thereby defeating Paul
Kawanga SSEMOGERERE who received 24%.
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 23,317,560
(July 2000 est.)
- Number of registered voters: 10,775,836
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Of Interest:
- The date of the
election was postponed by five days from March 7 to March 12 due to
logistical problems.
- Under the terms
of a constitutional amendment approved through popular vote in June
2000, political parties were not allowed to campaign or put up candidates
in elections. All candidates in this election were nominally independent.
- This presidential
election was the second presidential popular election since Uganda's
independence in 1962, the first popular election for president was held
on May 9, 1996.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
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