Parliamentary elections in Burundi 2005
The parliamentary elections in Burundi 2005 took place on July 4, 2005 in Burundi , central Africa . The elections were described by observers as largely free, fair and transparent. Twenty-six parties and several independent candidates ran for the 100 seats in the National Assembly of Burundi . However, only eight of these parties ran in all of the country's 17 constituencies. The elections marked the conclusion of the Arusha Peace Agreement of 2000, which aimed to end the civil war in Burundi between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups . The clear winner, with almost 60% of the vote, went to the Conseil National Pour la Défense de la Démocratie-Forces pour la Défense de la Démocratie , CNDD-FDD ( National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy ) Elections. The newly elected parliamentarians then elected Pierre Nkurunziza as President of Burundi on August 19 .
Results
| Parties | be right | % | Selected seats |
Co-opted seats (see below) |
Total seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conseil National Pour la Defense de la Démocratie - Forces pour la Defense de la Démocratie, CNDD-FDD | 1,417,800 | 58.55 | 59 | 5 | 64 |
| Front pour la Democratie au Burundi, FRODEBU | 525 336 | 21.70 | 25th | 5 | 30th |
| 'Union pour le Progrès national, UPRONA | 174 575 | 7.21 | 10 | 5 | 15th |
| Conseil National Pour la Défense de la Démocratie, CNDD | 100 366 | 4.14 | 4th | - | 4th |
| Mouvement pour la Réhabilitation du Citoyen-Rurenzangemero, MRC | 51 730 | 2.14 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Parti pour le redressement national, PARENA | 42 223 | 1.74 | - | - | - |
| Other / Independent | 109 396 | 4.51 | - | - | - |
| Ethnic Twa | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Total (turnout: 77.2%) | 2,421,426 | 100.0 | 100 | 18th | 118 |
| Invalid votes | 24.575 | ||||
| Total votes | 2,446,001 | ||||
| Registered voters | 3,167,124 | ||||
| Source: African Elections Database | |||||
Explanation: Allocation of seats according to the new constitution
In a constitutional referendum in the same year , a majority of Burundians voted for 60% of the seats in the National Assembly to be reserved for Hutu and 40% for Tutsi, and 30% for women. A further 18 seats were subsequently determined (“ co-opted ”) by the members of the assembly , including three representatives of the Twa minority , in accordance with the constitution . The new electoral law was also designed to prevent ethnically bound parties: in each constituency, out of three candidates on a party list, only two were allowed to belong to the same ethnic group. Since only 24% of the elected women were, 12 women were then “co-opted”, as well as 11 Tutsi, in order to adjust the election result to the prescribed weighting.
Web links
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- ↑ eisa.org, taken on December 12, 2010 ( memento of the original from March 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.ipu.org/pdf/publications/elections05-e.pdf ipu.org, taken on December 12, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.ipu.org/pdf/publications/elections05-e.pdf ipu.org, taken on December 12, 2010
