Burundian legislative election, 2005

The parliamentary elections in Burundi in 2005 took place in the central African Burundi on 4 July 2005. The elections were described by observers as largely free, fair and transparent. 26 parties and some independent candidates competed for the 100 seats of the National Assembly of Burundi. However, only eight of these parties competed in all 17 electoral districts of the country. The elections marked the conclusion of the Arusha Peace Agreement of 2000, which was to end the civil war in Burundi between the ethnic groups of the Hutu and the Tutsi. The clear winner with almost 60 % of the vote went the party Conseil National pour la Défense de la Démocratie - Forces pour la Défense de la Démocratie, CNDD- FDD (National Council for the Defence of Democracy - Forces for the Defence of Democracy ) from the elections produced. The newly elected parliamentarians then given on August 19, Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi.

Results

Explanation: Distribution of seats according to the new constitution

In a constitutional referendum in the same year, a majority of Burundians had advocated that 60 % of the seats in the National Assembly the Hutu and 40% Tutsi should be reserved, as well as 30 % of the seats for women. Another 18 seats were in accordance with the Constitution of the then members of the Assembly determines ( " co-opted " ), including three representatives of the minority of Twa. The new electoral law was also aimed to prevent ethnically -bound parties: In each constituency were three candidates on a party list, only two belong to the same ethnic group. Since only 24% of those elected were women, 12 women were then " co-opted ", just 11 Tutsi to the election results to the prescribed ethnic balance adjust.