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

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2011 Ugandan general election → followedBy → 2016 Ugandan general election ⓘ
2021 Ugandan general election → precededBy → 2016 Ugandan general election ⓘ
Amama Mbabazi → campaign → 2016 Ugandan presidential election ⓘ
linked to: 2016 Ugandan general election
Kizza Besigye → candidateInElection → 2016 Ugandan presidential election ⓘ
linked to: 2016 Ugandan general election
2016 Ugandan general election → hasComponent → 2016 Ugandan parliamentary election ⓘ
linked to: 2016 Ugandan general election