1980 Ugandan general election

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general election political event

The 1980 Ugandan general election was a highly contested and controversial national vote that marked the formal end of military rule and the return to civilian government under Milton Obote.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf general election ⓘ
political event ⓘ
allegations electoral fraud ⓘ
vote rigging ⓘ
chairpersonOfSupervisingAuthority Paulo Muwanga ⓘ
characterization controversial ⓘ
highly contested ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
criticizedBy Democratic Party ⓘ
Uganda Patriotic Movement ⓘ
international human rights organizations ⓘ
date 1980-12-10 ⓘ
electoralType parliamentary election ⓘ
endDate 1980-12-12 ⓘ
followedBy insurgency led by the National Resistance Army ⓘ
heldAfter Idi Amin dictatorship ⓘ
Uganda–Tanzania War ⓘ
surface form: Ugandan-Tanzanian War
historicalSignificance marked the formal end of direct military rule in Uganda ⓘ
restored multi-party politics in Uganda ⓘ
internationalPerception widely regarded as flawed ⓘ
languageOfCampaigning English ⓘ
Luganda ⓘ
leadingFigureOfWinnerParty Milton Obote ⓘ
legislativeBodyElected Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
location Uganda ⓘ
longTermConsequence Ugandan Bush War ⓘ
eventual rise to power of Yoweri Museveni ⓘ
mainOppositionLeader Paul Ssemogerere ⓘ
mainOppositionParty Democratic Party ⓘ
mainOutcome formation of a government led by Milton Obote ⓘ
return to civilian rule ⓘ
nextElection 1989 Ugandan National Resistance Council election ⓘ
notableCandidate Yoweri Museveni ⓘ
numberOfConstituencies 126 ⓘ
organizedBy Electoral Commission of Uganda ⓘ
surface form: Uganda Electoral Commission
otherMajorParty Uganda Patriotic Movement ⓘ
partOf political history of Uganda ⓘ
previousElection 1962 Ugandan general election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Otema Allimadi ⓘ
regionMostContested Buganda ⓘ
resultedIn Milton Obote becoming President of Uganda for a second time ⓘ
startDate 1980-12-10 ⓘ
supervisedBy Commonwealth Secretariat ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth observers
supervisingAuthority Military Commission of the Uganda National Liberation Front ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring transition from military to civilian rule in Uganda ⓘ
voterTurnoutApprox 85% ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
winnerParty Uganda People’s Congress ⓘ

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Uganda People’s Congress → participatedIn → 1980 Ugandan general election ⓘ