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Uganda provides national elections for a president and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term. The National Assembly has 292 members. 214 members are elected without party labels directly in single seat constituencies, while 78 members are elected from so-called special interest groups. These include 53 District Women Representatives (one from each district), 10 army representatives, 5 youth representatives, 5 representatives from the disabled and 5 from trade unions. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Politics of Uganda is based on a democratic parliamentary system with universal suffrage for all citizens over 18 years of age. ... Political parties in Uganda lists political parties in Uganda. ... The National Assembly of Uganda has 292 members. ... A Local Council (LC, formerly Resistance Council -RC) is a form of local elected government within the districts of Uganda. ... The Ugandan government generally seeks good relations with other nations without reference to ideological orientation. ... The Prime Minister is the Ugandan head of government. ... The President of Uganda is the head of state in Uganda. ... The President of Uganda is the head of state in Uganda. ... Chamber of the Estates-General, the Dutch legislature. ... The National Assembly of Uganda has 292 members. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... Uganda is divided into 56 districts, listed below. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Uganda is a officially a non-party democracy, but in reality it is a one party dominant state with the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. In the June 2001 parliamentary elections, the NRM continues to dominate the parliament. A dominant-party system is a party system where only one political party can realistically become the government, by itself or in a coalition government, because all other parties are too weak. ... The National Resistance Movement is a political organization in Uganda. ... Opposition may refer to a number of topics: astronomical opposition political opposition parliamentary opposition Opposition to a patent, see for instance Opposition procedure before the European Patent Office This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues. ...

Overview

Uganda first had presidential elections in December 1980. They were, however, characterised by massive intimidation and vote rigging. Neither the majority of the population nor the few international observers that monitored the process accepted the results. Yoweri Museveni, one of the presidential aspirants, protested by waging a guerrilla war against the new government of Milton Obote. His group managed to take power in 1985, making him President. Jump to: navigation, search 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Electoral fraud is the deliberate interference with the process of an election. ... Jump to: navigation, search In the 1990s, Museveni was fêted by the west as part of a new generation of African leaders. ... Guerrilla War redirects here. ... Obote pictured at the beginning of his second regime in 1980 Apollo Milton Obote (December 28, 1924, Apac, Uganda – October 10, 2005, Johannesburg, South Africa), Prime Minister of Uganda 1962-1966 and President of Uganda 1966-1971/1980-1985, was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence in...

In 1996, the first free and fair elections were held, and the incumbent Museveni emerged as winner. This made him the first democratically elected president of the Republic of Uganda.

In 2001, the incumbent Museveni triumphed after a hotly contested election beating Dr. Kizza Besigye, a former ally and his personal doctor during the 1980-85 guerrilla war. Despite a protest against the results in the high court citing massive voter intimidation and massive rigging, the outcome was accepted as the choice of the people. Kizza Besigye with his wife, MP Winnie Byanyima. ...

In July 2005, a second referendum was held on the return to a multi-party political system (see Uganda multiparty referendum, 2005). Ugandans voted to restore a multiparty political system in a constitutional referendum held on 28 July 2005. ...

The next elections are slated for 2006 when the political space will be opened up for a multiparty election style for the first time in twenty years. Though the 2001 elections were constitutionally supposed to be the last for Museveni, efforts are underway to change the constitution by 2006 to enable him run for another term of office.

Election results

General elections December 1980

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Presidential elections 1996

Source: The Uganda Presidential and Parliamentary Elections 1996, James Katorobo, No. 17, Les Cahiers d'Afrique de l'est Jump to: navigation, search In the 1990s, Museveni was fêted by the west as part of a new generation of African leaders. ... Jump to: navigation, search Paul Ssemogerere Paul Kawanga Ssemongere is leader of the Democratic Party in Uganda. ...

Presidential elections 2001

On March 23, 2001, Kizza Besigye challenged the election results in the Supreme Court of Uganda. Two of the five judges concluded that there were such illegalities in the elections that the results should be thrown out. The other three judges decided that the illegalities did not affect the result of the election in a substantial manner, but stated that "there was evidence that in a significant number of Polling Stations there was cheating" and that in some areas of the country, "the principle of free and fair election was compromised."[1] Jump to: navigation, search In the 1990s, Museveni was fêted by the west as part of a new generation of African leaders. ... Kizza Besigye with his wife, MP Winnie Byanyima. ... Jump to: navigation, search Aggrey Awori challenged Yoweri Museveni for the presidency in 2001. ... Jump to: navigation, search March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Kizza Besigye with his wife, MP Winnie Byanyima. ...

Multiparty referendum 2005

Main article: Uganda multiparty referendum, 2005 Ugandans voted to restore a multiparty political system in a constitutional referendum held on 28 July 2005. ...

"Do you agree to open up the political space to allow those who wish to join different organisations/ parties to do so to compete for political power?"

Source: Uganda Electoral Commission

General election 2006

Main article: Uganda general election, 2006 Jump to: navigation, search The Uganda general election 2006 is scheduled to take place in March. ...

General elections are currently scheduled to take place in March 2006.

Relevant articles

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

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Press reports

• Uganda election arrests, BBC News, 12 February 2001
• Uganda poll: the other contenders, BBC News, 8 March 2001
• Uganda's election challenge underway, BBC News, 3 April 2001

External links

• Uganda Electoral Commission
• Electionworld
• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• African Elections Database