Ugandan general election, 2011
The presidential election in Uganda in 2011 took place on February 18, 2011 simultaneously in the East African state of Uganda with the parliamentary election held. It was the second presidential election after the introduction of multiparty system in Uganda in 2005. Winner with just over 2 /3 of the votes cast was expected to outgoing President Yoweri Museveni of the former single party National Resistance Movement, which the country even before the election for 25 years reigned.
The Ugandan election law stipulates that the president is elected by the majority of Ugandans every five years, if necessary in two rounds of voting. The result Museveni made but another round unnecessary. European Union observers criticized the election process, which is not all Ugandans enabled the vote.
Electioneering
Museveni's National Resistance Movement party had significantly more financial resources than the other parties or candidates, and has this advantage with generous choice gifts such as T -shirts and money as well as paid advertising fully used by motorcycle - taxi drivers. MPs also received generous gifts of money, while the government was forced to declare bankruptcy. NGOs spoke of an unprecedented degree of manipulation by money.
Candidates
The main opposition candidate Kizza Besigye was Museveni, who was already in the presidential elections in 2001 (then as an independent, because parties were banned ) and 2006 competed against him. The other candidates had no chance from the start.
- Yoweri Museveni ( National Resistance Movement )
- Kizza Besigye (Forum for Democratic Change)
- Olara Otunnu (Uganda People's Congress)
- Norbert Mao ( Democratic Party )
- Beti Kamya (Uganda Federal Alliance)
- Bidandi Ssali Jaberi (People's Progress Party )
- Abed Bwanika (People's Development Party )
- Samuel Lubega ( Independent )
Results
Irregularities in the election
European Union observers said the fact that the elections were characterized by " avoidable administrative and logistical errors that led to an unacceptable number of Ugandan their voting rights were deprived. " The second-placed candidate Kizza Besigye, who was leader of a bipartisan coalition of four parties at the same time, the outcome of elections rejected even before the result was announced. The East African Community and other African regional organizations were talking about that the elections met the minimum international standards for free elections. In several places ballot boxes arrived too late or were too small, so that people could not leave their votes before the polls closed. Other ballot boxes were also unsealed, which made the electoral fraud easy. On the voter lists were missing a few names. Even the prestigious Electoral Institute of Southern Africa had a long list of criticisms of the election, but came to the conclusion that they " mostly" in accordance with the laws of Uganda and international principles is yet expired.
Swell
Presidential elections: 1996 | 2001 | 2006 | 2011
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Referendums: 2000 | 2005
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