2016 Ugandan general election

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The 2016 Ugandan general election was a nationwide poll in which President Yoweri Museveni secured another term amid significant opposition challenges and widespread concerns about electoral fairness and political repression.

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instanceOf general election
national election
continent Africa
controversy allegations of electoral fraud
arrests of opposition figures
concerns about electoral fairness
reports of media restrictions
reports of voter intimidation
country Uganda
criticizedBy domestic opposition groups
international observers
date 2016-02-18
electoralBody Electoral Commission of Uganda
followedBy 2021 Ugandan general election
hasComponent 2016 Ugandan parliamentary election
2016 Ugandan presidential election
incumbentAfterElection Yoweri Museveni
incumbentBeforeElection Yoweri Museveni
internetShutdown social media blocked on election day
location Uganda
mainOppositionCandidate Kizza Besigye
mainOppositionParty Forum for Democratic Change
monitoredBy African Union observers
Commonwealth Observer Group
European Union Election Observation Mission
officeContested Member of Parliament
President of Uganda
oppositionAlliance The Democratic Alliance
oppositionCandidate Amama Mbabazi
parliamentaryMajorityParty National Resistance Movement
partOf elections in Uganda
precededBy 2011 Ugandan general election
presidentialCandidate Abed Bwanika
Amama Mbabazi
Benon Biraaro
Kizza Besigye
Mabirizi Joseph Mabirizi
Maureen Kyalya
Venansius Baryamureeba
Yoweri Museveni
presidentialWinner Yoweri Museveni
regulates election of Parliament of Uganda
election of President of Uganda
resultType Museveni re-elected
rulingParty National Resistance Movement
termLengthParliamentary 5 years
termLengthPresidential 5 years
votingSystemParliamentary first-past-the-post
votingSystemPresidential two-round system with de facto single round
winner Yoweri Museveni
winningParty National Resistance Movement
year 2016

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2011 Ugandan general election followedBy 2016 Ugandan general election
2021 Ugandan general election precededBy 2016 Ugandan general election
Amama Mbabazi campaign 2016 Ugandan presidential election
linked to: 2016 Ugandan general election
Kizza Besigye candidateInElection 2016 Ugandan presidential election
linked to: 2016 Ugandan general election
2016 Ugandan general election hasComponent 2016 Ugandan parliamentary election
linked to: 2016 Ugandan general election