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Communal elections were held in Burundi on 3 June and 7 June 2005. The elections were won by the National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), which won 1,781 of the 3,225 seats. [1]
Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country amid the African Great Lakes region where East and Central Africa converge. The capital is Gitega, having moved from Bujumbura in February 2019. The southwestern border is adjacent to Lake Tanganyika.
The National Council for the Defense of Democracy–Forces for the Defense of Democracy is the current ruling party in Burundi. During the Burundian Civil War, the CNDD-FDD was the most significant rebel group active and became a major political party in Burundi. In March 2012, Pascal Nyabenda was elected as President of CNDD-FDD. Then on 20 August 2016, General Evariste Ndayishimiye was, in the extraordinary congress that took place in Gitega, elected as the Secretary General of the Party.
Each of the 129 communes had 25 seats.
The election was largely peaceful in most parts of the country, however, violence and intimidation in some communes of Bujumbura Rural and Bubanza provinces led to a re-poll held on 7 June. Observers considered the communal elections generally free and fair, despite some minor irregularities. [ permanent dead link ]
Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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CNDD–FDD | 1,781 | ||
Front for Democracy in Burundi | 82 | ||
Union for National Progress | 260 | ||
National Council for the Defense of Democracy | 135 | ||
Movement for the Rehabilitation of Citizens – Rurenzangemero | 88 | ||
Party for National Recovery | 75 | ||
Other parties | 64 | ||
Total | 2,544,669 | 100 | 3,225 |
Registered voters/turnout | 3,157,158 | 80.6 | – |
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