2011 Ugandan general election

2011 Ugandan general election

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Registered	13,954,129
Presidential election
Turnout	59.29% ( 9.9 pp)
Nominee Yoweri Museveni Kizza Besigye Party NRM FDC Popular vote 5,428,369 2,064,963 Percentage 68.38% 26.01%
President before election Yoweri Museveni NRM Elected President Yoweri Museveni NRM
Parliamentary election
365 of the 375 seats in Parliament 183 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– NRM Yoweri Museveni 49.22 263 +50 FDC Kizza Besigye 13.56 34 −3 DP Norbert Mao 6.04 12 +4 UPC Olara Otunnu 3.37 10 +1 JEEMA Asuman Basalirwa 0.64 1 0 CP Ken Lukyamuzi 0.61 1 0 Independents – 25.78 43 +3 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Speaker of Parliament before Speaker of Parliament after Edward Ssekandi NRM Rebecca Kadaga NRM

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General elections were held in Uganda on 18 February 2011. Incumbent President Yoweri Museveni of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) was re-elected for a third time, having been in power since 1986. The NRM also won 263 of the 375 seats in Parliament.