1980 Ugandan general election

none 1980 Ugandan general election Uganda parliamentary 1962 Ugandan general election 1962 10 and 11 December 1980 1989 Ugandan general election 1989 126 of 156 seats of the National Assembly 64 4,898,117 4,174,308 (85.22%) President John F. Kennedy with Prime Minister Milton Obote (cropped).jpg Milton Obote Uganda People's Congress 75 1,963,679 47.07% Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere (cropped).jpg Paul Ssemogerere Democratic Party (Uganda) 50 1,966,244 47.13% Museveni July 2012 Cropped.jpg Yoweri Museveni UPM National Resistance Movement 1 171,785 4.12% President Presidential Commission Milton Obote UPC General elections were held in Uganda on 10 and 11 December 1980.Uganda Inter-Parliamentary Union They followed the overthrow of Idi Amin the previous year and were the first since the pre-independence elections in 1962. The result was a victory for the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) of President Milton Obote, which won 75 of the 126 seats. Voter turnout was 85%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p933 0-19-829645-2 The UPC was the only party to contest all 126 seats, and its candidates were returned unopposed in seventeen constituencies. The opposition claimed that the UPC had only won through widespread fraud. Several opposition groups united as the National Resistance Army (NRA) under the leadership of Yoweri Museveni to start an armed uprising against Obote's government on 6 February 1981. Results Democratic Party 1966244 50 +26 Uganda People's Congress 1963679 75 +38 Uganda Patriotic Movement 171785 1 New Conservative Party 70181 0 New 2419 +44 4898117 Nohlen et al. References General Category:Parliamentary elections in Uganda Uganda Uganda Category:Milton Obote Category:Yoweri Museveni