2011 Ugandan general election

none September 2020 Uganda 2006 Ugandan general election 2006 2011 02 18 yes 2016 Ugandan general election 2016 yes Presidential election presidential 13,954,129 59.29% ( 9.90pp) Museveni July 2012 Cropped.jpg Yoweri Museveni National Resistance Movement 5,428,369 68.38% Kizza Besigye.png Kizza Besigye Forum for Democratic Change 2,064,963 26.01% President Yoweri Museveni National Resistance Movement Yoweri Museveni National Resistance Movement yes Parliamentary election 365 of the 375 seats in Parliament 183 Yoweri Museveni National Resistance Movement 213 263 49.22 Kizza Besigye Forum for Democratic Change 37 34 13.56 Norbert Mao Democratic Party (Uganda) 8 12 6.04 Olara Otunnu Uganda People's Congress 9 10 3.37 Asuman Basalirwa Justice Forum 1 1 0.64 Ken Lukyamuzi CP 1 1 0.61 – Independents 40 43 25.78 Speaker of Parliament Edward Ssekandi National Resistance Movement Rebecca Kadaga National Resistance Movement General elections were held in Uganda on 18 February 2011. Incumbent President Yoweri Museveni of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) was re-elected for a third time, having been in power since 1986. The NRM also won 263 of the 375 seats in Parliament. Background Museveni, a former guerilla commander, had ruled Uganda for nearly 30 years at the time of the elections. Kizza Besigye and Museveni faced each other for the third time, having previously been allies; Besigye was defeated by Museveni in the 2001 and 2006 elections. Campaign At the time of the elections, Uganda was facing a potential oil shock, which became a campaign issue. Eight candidates contested the presidential elections,Ugandans starts voting exercise New Vision, 17 February 2011 whilst a total of 1,713 candidates ran in the parliamentary elections; 1,270 for the constituency seats and 443 for the women's seats.Elections held in 2011 IPU The NRM contested every constituency seat, putting forward a total of 364 candidates. The Forum for Democratic Change nominated 288, the Uganda People's Congress 135, the Democratic Party 120, the Uganda Federal Alliance 66, the People's Progressive Party 33, and the People's Development Party 18.Ugandans upbeat on voting outcome New Vision, 18 February 2011 Conduct European Union observers said the election was "marred by avoidable and logistical failures, which led to an unacceptable number of Ugandan citizens being disenfranchised."Uganda's Museveni Wins Vote; Opposition Rejects Result Bloomberg, 20 February 2011 Results President Yoweri Museveni National Resistance Movement 5428369 Kizza Besigye Forum for Democratic Change 2064963 Norbert Mao Democratic Party 147917 Olara Otunnu Uganda People's Congress 125059 Beti Kamya Uganda Federal Alliance 52782 Abed Bwanika People's Development Party 51708 Jaberi Bidandi Ssali People's Progressive Party 34688 Samuel Lubega Independent 32726 334548 13954129 Electoral Commission Parliament List of members of the ninth Parliament of Uganda File:Uganda Parliament 2011.svg Constituency Women Appointed Total +/– National Resistance Movement 3883209 164 3803608 86 13 263 +50 Forum for Democratic Change 1070109 23 1242218 11 0 34 –3 Democratic Party 476415 11 325660 1 0 12 +4 Uganda People's Congress 265568 7 237477 3 0 10 +1 Justice Forum 50120 1 10796 0 0 1 0 Conservative Party 48276 1 1084 0 0 1 0 Uganda Federal Alliance 23585 0 34346 0 0 0 New People's Progressive Party 15692 0 26320 0 0 0 New Forum for Integrity in Leadership 8871 0 0 0 New Social Democratic Party 5664 0 0 0 New Popular People's Democracy 3399 0 0 0 New People's Development Party 2526 0 1853 0 0 0 New Liberal Democratic Transparency 2035 0 3997 0 0 0 New Green Partisan Party 297 0 0 0 New Uganda Economic Party 207 0 0 0 New Independents 2034250 30 1689389 11 2 43 +3 Uganda People's Defence Force 10 10 0 Vacant 1 1 – +56 Electoral Commission, Election Passport Aftermath The four-party Inter-Party Cooperation chairman Kizza Besigye said before the results were announced that the opposition "categorically rejects the outcome of the elections." He later warned that Uganda was ripe for an Egypt-style revolt after Museveni's more than two decades in power.Ugandan president comfortably wins re-election Daily Telegraph, 20 February 2011 However, the protesters failed to amass in large numbers because, as The Christian Science Monitor suggested, a failure to tally its own results through its own SMS system was disrupted by the government, who also arrested hundreds of opposition field agents. They also suggested that Besigye did not believe his own claim of sparking a revolution. After losing out twice to Museveni – whose personal physician and loyal ally he once was – this third attempt seems to have shattered him.Why Uganda's Besigye failed to deliver Egypt-style protests after election defeat Christian Science Monitor, 22 February 2011 References Further reading Gibb Ryan 2012 Presidential and parliamentary elections in Uganda, February 18, 2011 Electoral Studies 31 2 458–461 10.1016/j.electstud.2012.02.003 Uganda Category:2011 in Uganda Category:Parliamentary elections in Uganda Category:Presidential elections in Uganda Category:Yoweri Museveni