2011 Ugandan general election

2011 Ugandan general election
18 February 2011 (2011-02-18)
Registered13,954,129
Presidential election
Turnout59.29% ( 9.9 pp)
 
Nominee Yoweri Museveni Kizza Besigye
Party NRM FDC
Popular vote 5,428,369 2,064,963
Percentage 68.38% 26.01%
President before election

Yoweri Museveni
NRM

 Elected President

Yoweri Museveni
NRM

Parliamentary election
365 of the 375 seats in Parliament
183 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
NRM Yoweri Museveni 49.22 263 +50
FDC Kizza Besigye 13.56 34 −3
DP Norbert Mao 6.04 12 +4
UPC Olara Otunnu 3.37 10 +1
JEEMA Asuman Basalirwa 0.64 1 0
CP Ken Lukyamuzi 0.61 1 0
Independents – 25.78 43 +3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker of Parliament before Speaker of Parliament after
Edward Ssekandi
NRM		 Rebecca Kadaga
NRM

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.

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