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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Predicate Object
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 NERFINISHED
followedBy 2021 Ugandan general election NERFINISHED
hasComponent 2016 Ugandan parliamentary election NERFINISHED
2016 Ugandan presidential election
incumbentAfterElection Yoweri Museveni NERFINISHED
incumbentBeforeElection Yoweri Museveni NERFINISHED
internetShutdown social media blocked on election day
location Uganda NERFINISHED
mainOppositionCandidate Kizza Besigye NERFINISHED
mainOppositionParty Forum for Democratic Change NERFINISHED
monitoredBy African Union observers NERFINISHED
Commonwealth Observer Group NERFINISHED
European Union Election Observation Mission NERFINISHED
officeContested Member of Parliament
President of Uganda NERFINISHED
oppositionAlliance The Democratic Alliance NERFINISHED
oppositionCandidate Amama Mbabazi NERFINISHED
parliamentaryMajorityParty National Resistance Movement NERFINISHED
partOf elections in Uganda
precededBy 2011 Ugandan general election
presidentialCandidate Abed Bwanika NERFINISHED
Amama Mbabazi NERFINISHED
Benon Biraaro NERFINISHED
Kizza Besigye NERFINISHED
Mabirizi Joseph Mabirizi NERFINISHED
Maureen Kyalya NERFINISHED
Venansius Baryamureeba NERFINISHED
Yoweri Museveni NERFINISHED
presidentialWinner Yoweri Museveni NERFINISHED
regulates election of Parliament of Uganda
election of President of Uganda
resultType Museveni re-elected
rulingParty National Resistance Movement NERFINISHED
termLengthParliamentary 5 years
termLengthPresidential 5 years
votingSystemParliamentary first-past-the-post
votingSystemPresidential two-round system with de facto single round
winner Yoweri Museveni NERFINISHED
winningParty National Resistance Movement NERFINISHED
year 2016

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2011 Ugandan general election followedBy 2016 Ugandan general election
2021 Ugandan general election precededBy 2016 Ugandan general election