The National Assembly of Burundi (2020) was elected in May 2020. The ruling CNDD-FDD party retained its majority in the National Assembly of Burundi.
Burundi has suffered from political instability since before 2015, with many Burundians leaving the country. A new constitution was adopted after a referendum held in May 2018. When President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he would not seek to be elected for a fourth term, the ruling CNDD-FDD party chose the retired army general Evariste Ndayishimiye as their candidate. [1]
The United Nations Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry on Burundi said the election campaign that officially started in April 2020 was "characterized by an increase in political intolerance and numerous acts of violence and human rights violations". The government did not allow observers from the United Nations and the African Union to the monitor the 2020 elections, claiming that they were too close to the opposition. [1]
The elections for the National Assembly were held on 20 May 2020. Out of 5,113,418 registered voters 4,464,359 cast their votes, for a 87.3% turnout. The ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Front for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) took 72 of the 100 seats up for election, while the National Congress for Liberty (CNL) led by Agathon Rwasa took 27 seats. [1]
72 Hutus and 28 Tutsis were directly elected. Of these, 35 were women. The constitution requires a 60:40 Hutu-Tutsi balance, with 30% per cent women. 20 Tutsis, of whom 9 were men and 11 women were co-opted to reach these ratios. Also, 3 Twas were coopted as representatives, including one woman. With the coopted members, the 2020 National Assembly had 123 members of whom 47 were women. [1]
Members of the National Assembly as of 8 May 2023 were: [2]
| NAME given name | Sex | Party | Ethnicity | Constituency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BACIMISI Donathile | F | CNL | Hutu | Cibitoke Province |
| BARAMPAMA Chantal | F | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Bujumbura Province |
| BARAMPAMA Nadine | F | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Karusi Province |
| BARYANINTIMBA Ildephonse | M | CNL | Hutu | Kirundo Province |
| BAZIZANE Médiatrice | F | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Ngozi Province |
| BIGERUMUSASE Remy | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Kirundo Province |
| BIGIRIMANA Emmanuel | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Cibitoke Province |
| BIGIRIMANA Salvator | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Cankuzo Province |
| BIGIRIMANA Zénon | M | CNL | Hutu | Mwaro Province |
| BIGIRUMUHIRE Edmond | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Kirundo Province |
| BIZIMUNGU Simon | M | CNL | Hutu | Cibitoke Province |
| BIZUMUREMYI Pascal | M | CNL | Hutu | Ruyigi Province |
| BUCUMI Pétronie | F | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Bururi Province |
| BUKURU Caritas | F | CNL | Tutsi | Bujumbura Province |
| BUREGURE Elias | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Bujumbura Mairie Province |
| BUTOYI Désiré | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Gitega Province |
| CISHAHAYO Emmanuella | F | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Rumonge Province |
| GAHITIRA Rédempteur | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Muyinga Province |
| GAHUNGU Thacien | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Ruyigi Province |
| GASHATSI Abel | M | UPRONA | Tutsi | Muramvya Province |
| GIKEKE Pascal | M | CNL | Hutu | Bujumbura Mairie Province |
| HABARUGIRA Fidélité | F | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Gitega Province |
| HABARUGIRA Lydwine | F | CNL | Hutu | Bururi Province |
| HABONARUGIRA Suavis | F | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Gitega Province |
| HAKIZIMANA Georges | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Bujumbura Mairie Province |
| HAKIZIMANA Léopold | M | CNL | Hutu | Kayanza Province |
| HARERIMANA Alice | F | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Cibitoke Province |
| HARUSHIMANA Laurent | M | CNL | Hutu | Makamba Province |
| HASABINTWARI Jean Claude | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Kirundo Province |
| HATUNGIMANA Athanase | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Bururi Province |
| HATUNGIMANA Godeberthe | F | CNL | Tutsi | Rutana Province |
| HIBONEYE Dieudonné | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Ngozi Province |
| INAMUCO Aline | F | CNL | Tutsi | Bujumbura Mairie Province |
| KANEZA Marie Claire | F | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Muyinga Province |
| KARERA Denis | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Gitega Province |
| KARORERO Anatole | M | CNL | Hutu | Kirundo Province |
| KAYOBERA Evariste | F | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Karusi Province |
| KWIZERA Jean Claude | M | CNL | Tutsi | Mwaro Province |
| MALAYIKA Pamphile | M | CNL | Hutu | Muyinga Province |
| MANIRABARUSHA Aline | F | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Muyinga Province |
| MANIRAKIZA Alexis | M | CNL | Hutu | Bubanza Province |
| MANIRAKIZA Côme | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Bubanza Province |
| MANIRAKIZA Emile | M | CNL | Hutu | Bururi Province |
| MANIRAKIZA Francine | F | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Rutana Province |
| MANIRAMBONA Antoine | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Makamba Province |
| MANIRAMBONA Prosper | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Muramvya Province |
| MANIRAMBONA Térence | M | CNL | Hutu | Gitega Province |
| MBANYE Jean Berchmans | M | CNL | Hutu | Bujumbura Province |
| MBONEKO Sauda | F | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Bujumbura Province |
| MBONINYIBUKA Parfait | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Rutana Province |
| MINANI Violette | F | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Rutana Province |
| MISAGO Zachée | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Makamba Province |
| MPAWENAYO Justine | F | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Ngozi Province |
| MPOZERINIGA Félix | M | CNL | Hutu | Ngozi Province |
| MUTEZINKA Euphrasie | F | CNL | Tutsi | Kirundo Province |
| MVUYEKURE Lazare | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Gitega Province |
| NAHAYO Claude | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Ngozi Province |
| NAHAYO Révérien | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Rutana Province |
| NAHIMANA Dieudonné | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Bujumbura Province |
| NAHIMANA Marie Rose | F | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Cankuzo Province |
| NAKAMANA Euphrasie | F | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Karusi Province |
| NAKUMURYANGO Léonidas | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Karusi Province |
| NDABIRABE Gelase Daniel | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Kayanza Province |
| NDARUVUKANYE Zénon | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Bujumbura Province |
| NDAYISENGA Bernard | M | CNL | Hutu | Bujumbura Mairie Province |
| NDAYISHIMIYE Marie Rose | F | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Muyinga Province |
| NDAYIZEYE Anicet | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Kayanza Province |
| NDIKUMAGENGE Antoinette | F | CNL | Hutu | Cankuzo Province |
| NDIKUMANA Evariste | M | ASSEJEBA | Twa | Bujumbura Mairie Province |
| NDIZEYE Dieudonné | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Karusi Province |
| NDUWAYO Gilbert | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Makamba Province |
| NDUWIMANA Bernardine | F | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Mwaro Province |
| NDUWIMANA Deo | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Rumonge Province |
| NDUWIMANA Hassan | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Muyinga Province |
| NDUWIMANA Nicodème | M | CNL | Hutu | Muramvya Province |
| NDUWIMANA Patricie | F | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Kayanza Province |
| NGENDAKUMANA Solène | F | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Rumonge Province |
| NGENDAKUMANA Sylvestre | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Kayanza Province |
| NIBIZI Antoinette | F | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Kirundo Province |
| NIBIZI Epimeny | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Ngozi Province |
| NIHORIMBERE Agrippine | F | CNL | Tutsi | Rumonge Province |
| NIJIMBERE Céline | F | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Karusi Province |
| NIJIMBERE Onesphore | M | CNL | Hutu | Makamba Province |
| NIMUBONA Jean Claude | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Muramvya Province |
| NIRAGIRA Silas | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Muramvya Province |
| NIRAGIRA Violette | F | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Kayanza Province |
| NISHIMWE Bénigne | F | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Kirundo Province |
| NITANGA Célestin | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Rumonge Province |
| NIVYABANDI Martin | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Muyinga Province |
| NIYIBITANGA Neema | F | UNIPROBA | Twa | Cibitoke Province |
| NIYITUNGA Alice | F | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Cibitoke Province |
| NIYOBUHUNGIRO Justin | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Cibitoke Province |
| NIYONKURU Alodie | F | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Cankuzo Province |
| NIYONKURU Pélate | F | CNL | Hutu | Kayanza Province |
| NIYONSABA Marie Rose | F | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Ruyigi Province |
| NIYONZIMA Constantin | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Ngozi Province |
| NIYONZIMA Jean Baptiste | M | CNDD-DD | Tutsi | Bubanza Province |
| NIZIGAMA Sylvie | F | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Bubanza Province |
| NIZIGIYIMANA Fébronie | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Muramvya Province |
| NKENYEREYE Constantin | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Ruyigi Province |
| NKUNDWANABAKE Sylvain | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Cibitoke Province |
| NKURUNZIZA Jacqueline | F | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Ngozi Province |
| NKURUNZIZA Jocky Chantal | F | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Ruyigi Province |
| NSABIMANA Ritha | F | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Kirundo Province |
| NSHIMIRIMANA Jean | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Muyinga Province |
| NTACOBAKIMVUNA Marie Immaculée | F | CNL | Hutu | Gitega Province |
| NTAGAHORAHO Jeanne Marie | F | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Gitega Province |
| NTAHONTUYE Nestor | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Ruyigi Province |
| NTAKARUTIMANA Sabine | F | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Muyinga Province |
| NTAKIYIRUTA Obed | M | CNL | Hutu | Rumonge Province |
| NTIRAMPEBA Anicet | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Kayanza Province |
| NTISUMBWA Dévote | F | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Makamba Province |
| NYANDWI Bède | M | CNL | Hutu | Rutana Province |
| NZEYIMANA Zaïnabu | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Gitega Province |
| RUGEMA charles | M | CNL | Tutsi | Karusi Province |
| RWASA Agathon | M | CNL | Hutu | Ngozi Province |
| RWASA Catherine | F | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Kirundo Province |
| SINDAYIGAYA Jean Baptiste | M | UJEDECO | Twa | Kirundo Province |
| SINDAYIKENGERA Apollinaire | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Mwaro Province |
| SINDIMWO Gaston | M | UPRONA | Tutsi | Bujumbura Mairie Province |
| SINZINKAYO Jean Pierre | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Bujumbura Province |
| SINZINKAYO Venant | M | CNDD-FDD | Hutu | Gitega Province |
| SUGURU Olivier | M | CNDD-FDD | Tutsi | Bubanza Province |
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