Electoral system
The president of Uganda is elected using the two-round system, with candidates needing to receive at least 50% + 1of the vote to be elected in the first round. Chapter 142 of the Presidential Elections Act of 2000 stipulates that presidential candidates must be a citizen of Uganda by birth and be qualified to be an MP. [4] Candidates are also required to be of sound mind and have no formal connection with the Electoral Commission of Uganda. Term limits were abolished in 2005. [5] The elections are supervised by the Electoral Commission of Uganda. [6]
The Parliament of Uganda has a total of 529 seats, including 353 representatives elected using first-past-the-post voting in single winner constituencies. Using the same method, 146 seats reserved for women are filled, with one seat per district. Finally, 30 seats are indirectly filled via special electoral colleges: 10 by the army, 5 by youths, 5 by elders, 5 by unions, and 5 by people with disabilities. In each of these groups, at least one woman must be elected (at least two for the army group). [7] [8] [9]
Candidates
In June 2025, incumbent president Yoweri Museveni, who has been in office since 1986, announced his candidacy for another presidential term. [10] He was formally declared the candidate of his party, the National Resistance Movement the following month [11] and was recognised by the election commission on 23 September 2025. [12]
On 18 August 2025, the National Unity Platform (NUP) and the Democratic Party (DP) applied to register candidates for the presidential election. [13] On 24 September, the electoral commission nominated Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Alias Bobi Wine to run for president. [14] Kyagulanyi also contested in the 2021 general election and came out second. He however denied the results of the election citing irregularities such as vote rigging and went on to file a presidential election petition in the Supreme Court but later withdrew it. [15] [16]
Other candidates nominated by the Electoral commission to contest for Presidency include;
- Rtd. Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu of Alliance for National Transformation Party (ANT) [17]
- Hon. Mubarak Munyagwa Sserunga of Common Man's Party (CMP) [18]
- Frank Bulira Kabinga of Revolutionary Peoples Party (RPP) [19]
- Robert Kasibante of National Peasants Party (NPP) [20]
- Nathan Nandala Mafabi of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) [21]
- Elton Joseph Mabiriizi of Conservative Party (CP) [22]
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