Presidential election in Uganda 2011

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The 2011 presidential election in Uganda took place on February 18, 2011 in the East African state of Uganda at the same time as the parliamentary election. It was the second presidential election after the introduction of the multi-party system in Uganda in 2005. As expected, the previous president Yoweri Museveni of the former National Resistance Movement , who had been the country's leader for the past 25 years , was the winner with a good 2/3 of the votes cast Years ruled.

Ugandan electoral law stipulates that the president is elected by a majority of Ugandans every five years, if necessary in two rounds. Museveni's result made another round superfluous. European Union observers criticized the electoral process, which did not allow all Ugandans to vote.

Election campaign

Museveni's National Resistance Movement party had significantly more financial resources than the other parties or candidates and made full use of this advantage with generous election gifts such as T-shirts and money as well as paid advertising by motorcycle taxi drivers. MPs also received generous gifts of money while the government had to declare bankruptcy. Non-governmental organizations spoke of an unprecedented level of manipulation by money.

Candidates

Museveni's main rival candidate was Kizza Besigye , who had already stood against him in the 2001 presidential elections (back then as an independent because parties were banned) and in 2006 . The other candidates had no chance from the start.

Results

The new and old President Yoweri Museveni, (2003)
Candidate - party be right %
Yoweri Museveni - National Resistance Movement 5,428,368 68.38
Kizza Besigye - Forum for Democratic Change 2,064,963 26.01
Norbert Mao - Democratic Party 147 917 1.86
Olara Otunnu - Uganda People's Congress 125 059 1.58
Beti Kamya - Uganda Federal Alliance 52 782 0.66
Abed Bwanika - People's Development Party 51 708 0.65
Jaberi Bidandi Ssali - People's Progress Party 34 688 0.44
Samuel Lubega - Non - Party 32 726 0.41
Valid votes 7 938 212 95.96
Invalid votes 334 548 4.04
Total votes (turnout: 59.29%) 8 272 760 100.00
Source: Electoral Commission of Uganda

Irregularities in the choice

Observers from the European Union said that the elections were marked by “avoidable administrative and logistical errors, which resulted in an unacceptable number of Ugandans being deprived of their voting rights.” Second-placed candidate Kizza Besigye, who is also the leader of a non-partisan coalition was four parties, the result of the election was rejected before the final result was announced. The East African Community and other regional African organizations said that the elections met the minimum international standards for free elections. In several places, ballot boxes were too late or too small for people to cast their votes before polling stations closed. Other ballot boxes were also unsealed, which made voting fraud easy. A number of names were missing from the electoral roll. The prestigious Electoral Institute of Southern Africa also had a long list of criticisms of the election, but concluded that it was nonetheless "largely" in accordance with Ugandan laws and international principles.

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  1. ↑ http://www.electionguide.org/election.php?ID=1596 , accessed on March 19, 2011.
  2. ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-20/museveni-extends-25-year-rule-in-uganda-election-opponents-reject-result.html accessed on March 19, 2011
  3. ↑ http://www.taz.de/1/politik/afrika/artikel/1/der-alte-macht-auf-jugendfrische/ accessed March 19, 2011
  4. ↑ http://www.eueom.eu/files/pressreleases/english/press_release_preliminarystatement_uganda_20_february_en.pdf ( "However, he said the electoral process was marred by avoidable administrative and logistical failures which led to an unacceptable number of Ugandan citizens being disenfranchised." ) accessed on March 19, 2011
  5. ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-20/museveni-extends-25-year-rule-in-uganda-election-opponents-reject-result.html accessed on March 19, 2011
  6. ↑ http://www.taz.de/1/politik/afrika/artikel/1/grosser-andrang-und-grosse-probleme/ accessed on March 19, 2011
  7. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from October 16, 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. Retrieved March 19, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eisa.org.za