Everything about Ugandan General Election 2006 totally explained
The
Ugandan general election of 2006 took place on
February 23,
2006. This was the first
multiparty election since
Yoweri Museveni, the current
president, took over power in
1986. Six candidates contested for the Presidential office, and at least 33
parties were expected to enter the Parliamentary and District chairperson elections.
Yoweri Museveni ran for re-election. His main opponent the leader of the
opposition party
Forum for Democratic Change,
Kizza Besigye. Besigye was arrested on
November 14,
2005 on allegations of
treason, concealment of treason, and
rape. The treason case included his alleged links to the rebel groups,
Lord's Resistance Army and
People's Redemption Army, and the rape charge referred to an incident in November 1997 allegedly involving the daughter of a friend. The arrest led to demonstrations and riots in
Kampala and towns around the country. Pro-Besigye protesters believed the charges were fabricated to stop Besigye from challenging Museveni.
In December 2005, six presidential candidates, including Yoweri Museveni and the leaders of the three major opposition political parties, and two independents, qualified to contest in the elections.
Registered presidential candidates
Justice Forum leader
Muhammad Kibirige Mayanja and
Conservative Party's
Ken Lukyamuzi decided not to contest, but said they'd support a joint candidate agreed to by the "Group of Six" opposition political parties. Independent candidate
Nasser Sebaggala registered, but later decided to quit the presidential race, and asked his supporters to vote for the DP's Kizito.
Results
Official figures released on
February 25,
2006 showed Museveni had won 59% of the vote, giving him a third term as President, while main rival Kizza Besigye took 37%. Opposition supporters in
Kampala staged some protests but were dispersed by
riot police with
tear gas. On
6 April, the
Supreme Court of Uganda rejected Besigye's request to dismiss the poll by a vote of four to three, though a majority agreed that there had been electoral irregularities.
23 February 2006 Ugandan presidential election results by district
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top width=400|District
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top width=400|Registered Voters
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top width=400|Abed Bwanika
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top width=400|Besigye Kizza
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top width=400|Obote Kalule Miria
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top width=400|Sebana Joseph Kizito
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top width=400|Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
|-
|align=left valign=top|ADJUMANI
|valign="top"|49447
|valign="top"|779 (2.38%)
|valign="top"|19919 (60.75%)
|valign="top"|165 (0.5%)
|valign="top"|648 (1.98%)
|valign="top"|11277 (34.39%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|AMOLATAR
|valign="top"|33020
|valign="top"|304 (1.23%)
|valign="top"|16462 (66.44%)
|valign="top"|440 (1.78%)
|valign="top"|460 (1.86%)
|valign="top"|7112 (28.7%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|AMURIA
|valign="top"|65691
|valign="top"|1063 (2.46%)
|valign="top"|33602 (77.73%)
|valign="top"|594 (1.37%)
|valign="top"|709 (1.64%)
|valign="top"|7260 (16.79%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|APAC
|valign="top"|240639
|valign="top"|3335 (2.1%)
|valign="top"|115840 (72.81%)
|valign="top"|11019 (6.93%)
|valign="top"|3272 (2.06%)
|valign="top"|25625 (16.11%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|ARUA
|valign="top"|281954
|valign="top"|4435 (2.45%)
|valign="top"|103133 (56.95%)
|valign="top"|2158 (1.19%)
|valign="top"|3941 (2.18%)
|valign="top"|67436 (37.24%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|BUGIRI
|valign="top"|177525
|valign="top"|1091 (0.93%)
|valign="top"|39632 (33.88%)
|valign="top"|771 (0.66%)
|valign="top"|1026 (0.88%)
|valign="top"|74457 (63.65%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|BUKWO
|valign="top"|23925
|valign="top"|114 (0.66%)
|valign="top"|1286 (7.39%)
|valign="top"|36 (0.21%)
|valign="top"|90 (0.52%)
|valign="top"|15865 (91.23%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|BUNDIBUGYO
|valign="top"|89035
|valign="top"|1102 (1.9%)
|valign="top"|10691 (18.41%)
|valign="top"|363 (0.63%)
|valign="top"|1169 (2.01%)
|valign="top"|44735 (77.05%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|BUSHENYI
|valign="top"|308013
|valign="top"|1082 (0.47%)
|valign="top"|51050 (22.14%)
|valign="top"|299 (0.13%)
|valign="top"|1212 (0.53%)
|valign="top"|176909 (76.73%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|BUSIA
|valign="top"|111091
|valign="top"|896 (1.19%)
|valign="top"|28817 (38.17%)
|valign="top"|872 (1.16%)
|valign="top"|885 (1.17%)
|valign="top"|44020 (58.31%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|BUTALEJA
|valign="top"|69822
|valign="top"|608 (1.26%)
|valign="top"|17176 (35.64%)
|valign="top"|919 (1.91%)
|valign="top"|459 (0.95%)
|valign="top"|29026 (60.23%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|GULU
|valign="top"|215953
|valign="top"|2406 (1.89%)
|valign="top"|104910 (82.37%)
|valign="top"|1423 (1.12%)
|valign="top"|1793 (1.41%)
|valign="top"|16827 (13.21%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|HOIMA
|valign="top"|133384
|valign="top"|663 (0.71%)
|valign="top"|14697 (15.77%)
|valign="top"|312 (0.33%)
|valign="top"|545 (0.58%)
|valign="top"|76952 (82.59%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|IBANDA
|valign="top"|87951
|valign="top"|198 (0.31%)
|valign="top"|6734 (10.52%)
|valign="top"|55 (0.09%)
|valign="top"|281 (0.44%)
|valign="top"|56726 (88.64%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|IGANGA
|valign="top"|286740
|valign="top"|1021 (0.57%)
|valign="top"|52459 (29.26%)
|valign="top"|729 (0.41%)
|valign="top"|1075 (0.6%)
|valign="top"|124025 (69.17%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|ISINGIRO
|valign="top"|142507
|valign="top"|322 (0.29%)
|valign="top"|14745 (13.33%)
|valign="top"|103 (0.09%)
|valign="top"|433 (0.39%)
|valign="top"|95040 (85.9%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|JINJA
|valign="top"|163681
|valign="top"|526 (0.53%)
|valign="top"|43834 (44.03%)
|valign="top"|487 (0.49%)
|valign="top"|453 (0.46%)
|valign="top"|54259 (54.5%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KAABONG
|valign="top"|41861
|valign="top"|526 (2.18%)
|valign="top"|1807 (7.49%)
|valign="top"|494 (2.05%)
|valign="top"|1001 (4.15%)
|valign="top"|20302 (84.14%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KABALE
|valign="top"|214840
|valign="top"|547 (0.36%)
|valign="top"|34244 (22.79%)
|valign="top"|152 (0.1%)
|valign="top"|395 (0.26%)
|valign="top"|114919 (76.48%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KABAROLE
|valign="top"|153042
|valign="top"|438 (0.42%)
|valign="top"|14961 (14.42%)
|valign="top"|202 (0.19%)
|valign="top"|988 (0.95%)
|valign="top"|87154 (84.01%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KABERAMAIDO
|valign="top"|60437
|valign="top"|711 (1.59%)
|valign="top"|34612 (77.19%)
|valign="top"|536 (1.2%)
|valign="top"|630 (1.4%)
|valign="top"|8351 (18.62%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KALANGALA
|valign="top"|24200
|valign="top"|118 (0.87%)
|valign="top"|5555 (41.19%)
|valign="top"|28 (0.21%)
|valign="top"|539 (4%)
|valign="top"|7246 (53.73%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KALIRO
|valign="top"|59288
|valign="top"|227 (0.51%)
|valign="top"|4121 (9.2%)
|valign="top"|87 (0.19%)
|valign="top"|285 (0.64%)
|valign="top"|40076 (89.46%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KAMPALA
|valign="top"|764283
|valign="top"|3045 (0.7%)
|valign="top"|245004 (56.69%)
|valign="top"|1425 (0.33%)
|valign="top"|11993 (2.78%)
|valign="top"|170688 (39.5%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KAMULI
|valign="top"|207242
|valign="top"|846 (0.61%)
|valign="top"|25187 (18.03%)
|valign="top"|431 (0.31%)
|valign="top"|1016 (0.73%)
|valign="top"|112236 (80.33%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KAMWENGE
|valign="top"|127799
|valign="top"|365 (0.39%)
|valign="top"|8909 (9.53%)
|valign="top"|97 (0.1%)
|valign="top"|632 (0.68%)
|valign="top"|83436 (89.29%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KANUNGU
|valign="top"|96091
|valign="top"|344 (0.49%)
|valign="top"|16109 (22.86%)
|valign="top"|61 (0.09%)
|valign="top"|359 (0.51%)
|valign="top"|53600 (76.06%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KAPCHORWA
|valign="top"|61891
|valign="top"|265 (0.62%)
|valign="top"|9296 (21.67%)
|valign="top"|80 (0.19%)
|valign="top"|112 (0.26%)
|valign="top"|33144 (77.26%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KASESE
|valign="top"|210826
|valign="top"|1507 (1.12%)
|valign="top"|70936 (52.61%)
|valign="top"|499 (0.37%)
|valign="top"|1598 (1.19%)
|valign="top"|60301 (44.72%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KATAKWI
|valign="top"|45494
|valign="top"|894 (2.79%)
|valign="top"|16845 (52.51%)
|valign="top"|435 (1.36%)
|valign="top"|963 (3%)
|valign="top"|12940 (40.34%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KAYUNGA
|valign="top"|126005
|valign="top"|477 (0.59%)
|valign="top"|24044 (29.65%)
|valign="top"|395 (0.49%)
|valign="top"|1030 (1.27%)
|valign="top"|55152 (68.01%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KIBAALE
|valign="top"|180770
|valign="top"|591 (0.46%)
|valign="top"|10577 (8.22%)
|valign="top"|453 (0.35%)
|valign="top"|1027 (0.8%)
|valign="top"|116059 (90.17%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KIBOGA
|valign="top"|115852
|valign="top"|358 (0.5%)
|valign="top"|11168 (15.52%)
|valign="top"|111 (0.15%)
|valign="top"|861 (1.2%)
|valign="top"|59478 (82.64%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KIRUHURA
|valign="top"|104992
|valign="top"|178 (0.2%)
|valign="top"|6282 (6.92%)
|valign="top"|100 (0.11%)
|valign="top"|168 (0.19%)
|valign="top"|84046 (92.59%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KISORO
|valign="top"|99391
|valign="top"|326 (0.41%)
|valign="top"|5175 (6.53%)
|valign="top"|164 (0.21%)
|valign="top"|669 (0.84%)
|valign="top"|72896 (92.01%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KITGUM
|valign="top"|115010
|valign="top"|1588 (2.21%)
|valign="top"|54293 (75.47%)
|valign="top"|1020 (1.42%)
|valign="top"|1478 (2.05%)
|valign="top"|13562 (18.85%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KOBOKO
|valign="top"|48973
|valign="top"|1041 (3.58%)
|valign="top"|16858 (57.94%)
|valign="top"|192 (0.66%)
|valign="top"|663 (2.28%)
|valign="top"|10343 (35.55%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KOTIDO
|valign="top"|56559
|valign="top"|362 (1.17%)
|valign="top"|2694 (8.7%)
|valign="top"|273 (0.88%)
|valign="top"|788 (2.55%)
|valign="top"|26842 (86.7%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KUMI
|valign="top"|158510
|valign="top"|2268 (2.05%)
|valign="top"|75440 (68.09%)
|valign="top"|1083 (0.98%)
|valign="top"|1598 (1.44%)
|valign="top"|30398 (27.44%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|KYENJOJO
|valign="top"|150354
|valign="top"|523 (0.48%)
|valign="top"|7152 (6.61%)
|valign="top"|300 (0.28%)
|valign="top"|940 (0.87%)
|valign="top"|99291 (91.76%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|LIRA
|valign="top"|247272
|valign="top"|3133 (2.07%)
|valign="top"|121568 (80.41%)
|valign="top"|11516 (7.62%)
|valign="top"|2982 (1.97%)
|valign="top"|11986 (7.93%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|LUWEERO
|valign="top"|148042
|valign="top"|683 (0.73%)
|valign="top"|28253 (30.38%)
|valign="top"|241 (0.26%)
|valign="top"|2394 (2.57%)
|valign="top"|61439 (66.06%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|MANAFA
|valign="top"|163807
|valign="top"|693 (0.61%)
|valign="top"|26935 (23.75%)
|valign="top"|470 (0.41%)
|valign="top"|609 (0.54%)
|valign="top"|84688 (74.68%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|MASAKA
|valign="top"|317684
|valign="top"|1155 (0.54%)
|valign="top"|78553 (36.65%)
|valign="top"|197 (0.09%)
|valign="top"|7856 (3.67%)
|valign="top"|126561 (59.05%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|MASINDI
|valign="top"|195112
|valign="top"|1417 (1.19%)
|valign="top"|29555 (24.88%)
|valign="top"|945 (0.8%)
|valign="top"|1403 (1.18%)
|valign="top"|85447 (71.95%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|MAYUGE
|valign="top"|128811
|valign="top"|652 (0.86%)
|valign="top"|26183 (34.49%)
|valign="top"|623 (0.82%)
|valign="top"|642 (0.85%)
|valign="top"|47824 (62.99%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|MBALE
|valign="top"|162767
|valign="top"|620 (0.63%)
|valign="top"|47856 (48.37%)
|valign="top"|455 (0.46%)
|valign="top"|509 (0.51%)
|valign="top"|49507 (50.03%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|MBARARA
|valign="top"|175401
|valign="top"|339 (0.28%)
|valign="top"|28270 (23.05%)
|valign="top"|160 (0.13%)
|valign="top"|287 (0.23%)
|valign="top"|93571 (76.31%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|MITYANA
|valign="top"|114425
|valign="top"|370 (0.48%)
|valign="top"|22415 (28.85%)
|valign="top"|197 (0.25%)
|valign="top"|2894 (3.72%)
|valign="top"|51825 (66.7%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|MOROTO
|valign="top"|63095
|valign="top"|735 (2.16%)
|valign="top"|2811 (8.28%)
|valign="top"|565 (1.66%)
|valign="top"|1478 (4.35%)
|valign="top"|28363 (83.54%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|MOYO
|valign="top"|42137
|valign="top"|685 (2.45%)
|valign="top"|14901 (53.38%)
|valign="top"|306 (1.1%)
|valign="top"|414 (1.48%)
|valign="top"|11610 (41.59%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|MPIGI
|valign="top"|168103
|valign="top"|576 (0.51%)
|valign="top"|32285 (28.42%)
|valign="top"|272 (0.24%)
|valign="top"|4496 (3.96%)
|valign="top"|75988 (66.88%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|MUBENDE
|valign="top"|197597
|valign="top"|633 (0.49%)
|valign="top"|14558 (11.35%)
|valign="top"|309 (0.24%)
|valign="top"|1560 (1.22%)
|valign="top"|111232 (86.7%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|MUKONO
|valign="top"|345689
|valign="top"|1514 (0.71%)
|valign="top"|82743 (38.68%)
|valign="top"|690 (0.32%)
|valign="top"|6134 (2.87%)
|valign="top"|122847 (57.42%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|NAKAPIRIPIRIT
|valign="top"|46070
|valign="top"|189 (0.74%)
|valign="top"|1390 (5.41%)
|valign="top"|146 (0.57%)
|valign="top"|310 (1.21%)
|valign="top"|23635 (92.07%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|NAKASEKE
|valign="top"|63541
|valign="top"|204 (0.46%)
|valign="top"|6384 (14.29%)
|valign="top"|60 (0.13%)
|valign="top"|763 (1.71%)
|valign="top"|37260 (83.41%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|NAKASONGOLA
|valign="top"|56502
|valign="top"|164 (0.42%)
|valign="top"|3600 (9.15%)
|valign="top"|95 (0.24%)
|valign="top"|188 (0.48%)
|valign="top"|35284 (89.71%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|NEBBI
|valign="top"|176766
|valign="top"|2525 (2.13%)
|valign="top"|56663 (47.87%)
|valign="top"|2733 (2.31%)
|valign="top"|2245 (1.9%)
|valign="top"|54208 (45.79%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|NTUNGAMO
|valign="top"|186127
|valign="top"|545 (0.38%)
|valign="top"|40283 (28.45%)
|valign="top"|169 (0.12%)
|valign="top"|538 (0.38%)
|valign="top"|100077 (70.67%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|PADER
|valign="top"|122802
|valign="top"|1538 (2.21%)
|valign="top"|53921 (77.32%)
|valign="top"|674 (0.97%)
|valign="top"|1303 (1.87%)
|valign="top"|12305 (17.64%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|PALLISA
|valign="top"|225241
|valign="top"|1883 (1.22%)
|valign="top"|70178 (45.5%)
|valign="top"|1086 (0.7%)
|valign="top"|2037 (1.32%)
|valign="top"|79055 (51.25%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|RAKAI
|valign="top"|206289
|valign="top"|556 (0.4%)
|valign="top"|36980 (26.29%)
|valign="top"|172 (0.12%)
|valign="top"|2248 (1.6%)
|valign="top"|100709 (71.59%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|RUKUNGIRI
|valign="top"|122711
|valign="top"|363 (0.42%)
|valign="top"|29261 (34.26%)
|valign="top"|100 (0.12%)
|valign="top"|256 (0.3%)
|valign="top"|55436 (64.9%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|SIRONKO
|valign="top"|138013
|valign="top"|577 (0.6%)
|valign="top"|35855 (37.4%)
|valign="top"|239 (0.25%)
|valign="top"|518 (0.54%)
|valign="top"|58670 (61.2%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|SOROTI
|valign="top"|149304
|valign="top"|1663 (1.59%)
|valign="top"|84217 (80.5%)
|valign="top"|773 (0.74%)
|valign="top"|971 (0.93%)
|valign="top"|16993 (16.24%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|SSEMBABULE
|valign="top"|85016
|valign="top"|195 (0.33%)
|valign="top"|12567 (21.02%)
|valign="top"|107 (0.18%)
|valign="top"|610 (1.02%)
|valign="top"|46320 (77.46%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|TORORO
|valign="top"|164263
|valign="top"|1476 (1.35%)
|valign="top"|56528 (51.68%)
|valign="top"|2912 (2.66%)
|valign="top"|1094 (1%)
|valign="top"|47374 (43.31%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|WAKISO
|valign="top"|457962
|valign="top"|1720 (0.64%)
|valign="top"|125306 (46.51%)
|valign="top"|555 (0.21%)
|valign="top"|13239 (4.91%)
|valign="top"|128620 (47.74%)
|-
|align=left valign=top|YUMBE
|valign="top"|76151
|valign="top"|1051 (2.26%)
|valign="top"|24297 (52.22%)
|valign="top"|454 (0.98%)
|valign="top"|893 (1.92%)
|valign="top"|19832 (42.62%)
|-
|style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|TOTAL
|valign="top"|10450788
(65.83%)
|valign="top"|65344
(0.95%)
|valign="top"|2570572
(37.36%)
|valign="top"|56584
(0.82%)
|valign="top"|109055
(1.59%)
|valign="top"|4078677
(59.28%)
|-
|colspan=7|Source: Electoral Commission of Uganda Full Results
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