Back Γενικές εκλογές στην Ουγκάντα 2016 Greek Elecciones generales de Uganda de 2016 Spanish Élection présidentielle ougandaise de 2016 French הבחירות הכלליות באוגנדה 2016 HE Elezioni generali in Uganda del 2016 Italian Всеобщие выборы в Уганде (2016) Russian 2016 Ugandan general election SCO
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 Presidential election results map. Yellow denotes provinces won by Museveni, and Blue denotes those won by Besigye. | |||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Uganda on 18 February 2016 to elect the President and Parliament. Polling day was declared a national holiday.[1][2]
Presidential candidates included incumbent Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986, Kizza Besigye,[3] who had run against Museveni in 2001, 2006 and 2011, former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, Abed Bwanika who has also challenged Museveni in 2001, 2006 and 2011, former Makerere University Vice Chancellor Venansius Baryamureeba, retired Army General Benon Biraaro, Joseph Mabirizi and former presidential advisor Faith Kyalya. Claims of rigging and violence at polling stations were reported and voting was extended in several locations after reports of people not being allowed to cast their votes.[4] According to the Electoral Commission, Museveni was re-elected with 61% of the vote to Besigye's 35%.
Opposition candidates claimed that the elections were marred by widespread fraud, voting irregularities, the repeated arrest of opposition politicians and a climate of voter intimidation.[5] The European Union and United States have since criticised the election for lack of transparency and detentions of opposition candidates.[6][7] Overseers from the Commonwealth of Nations were critical of the misuse of state powers in favour of the incumbent.
- ^ "Uganda elections polling date set on Feb 18, 2016" Archived December 11, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, New Vision, 4 November 2015.
- ^ "Uganda Discovered the Zika Virus. And the Solution for It". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
- ^ "Uganda: Copy Kenya, Tanzania on Term Limits, Says Besigye". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
- ^ (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. "With change unlikely, Ugandans brace for elections | Africa | DW.COM | 18.01.2016". DW.COM. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
- ^ "Uganda's Opposition Leader Kizza Besigye Arrested After Alleging Fraud In Elections". International Business Times. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
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