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| Registered | 10,775,836 | |||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 70.31% | |||||||||||||||
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 Results by district Museveni: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Besigye: 50–60% 70–80% 80–90% | ||||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in Uganda on 12 March 2001. The incumbent Yoweri Museveni won 69% of the vote and was elected to a second term. [1] All candidates were independents, as political parties were banned at the time. Voter turnout was 70.3%.
Yoweri Museveni was running for his second term in office in 2001. He took power in 1986 after winning a guerrilla war against President Tito Okello. Museveni's main rival was four-time rival Kizza Besigye, who was Museveni's personal physician and a military officer who broke ties with the NRM government in 2001. [2]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoweri Museveni | Independent | 5,123,360 | 69.33 | |
| Kizza Besigye | Independent | 2,055,795 | 27.82 | |
| Aggrey Awori | Independent | 103,915 | 1.41 | |
| Kibirige Mayanja | Independent | 73,790 | 1.00 | |
| Francis Bwengye | Independent | 22,751 | 0.31 | |
| Karuhanga Chapaa | Independent | 10,080 | 0.14 | |
| Total | 7,389,691 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 7,389,691 | 97.54 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 186,453 | 2.46 | ||
| Total votes | 7,576,144 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 10,775,836 | 70.31 | ||
| Source: African Elections Database | ||||
Besigye did not concede the race but instead requested a formal vote recount on the basis of voter fraud. Museveni also claimed that there was a "rigging" of the vote, albeit in Besigye's favour; he also remarked that he should have won 75% of the vote instead. The independent election watchdog Election Monitoring Group found voter fraud to be minimal. [2] [3] The same day after results were announced, a pipe bomb exploded in downtown Kampala, killing one woman; a similar explosion occurred on a minibus headed towards the capital, injuring three people. However, it was not immediately clear if the explosions were related to the presidential election. [2] In a majority decision, the Supreme Court of Uganda subsequently rejected Besigye's petition for a recount. [4] [5] Shortly after being elected to a second term as president, Museveni pledged to step down before the next election but subsequently walked back on his promise. [6]
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