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General elections were held in Uganda on 18 February 2016 to elect the President and Parliament. Polling day was declared a national holiday.[1][2]
Presidential candidates included incumbent Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986, Kizza Besigye,[3] who had run against Museveni in 2001, 2006 and 2011, former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, Abed Bwanika who has also challenged Museveni in 2001, 2006 and 2011, former Makerere University Vice Chancellor Venansius Baryamureeba, retired Army General Benon Biraaro, Joseph Mabirizi and former presidential advisor Faith Kyalya. Claims of rigging and violence at polling stations were reported and voting was extended in several locations after reports of people not being allowed to cast their votes.[4] According to the Electoral Commission, Museveni was re-elected with 61% of the vote to Besigye's 35%.
Opposition candidates claimed that the elections were marred by widespread fraud, voting irregularities, the repeated arrest of opposition politicians and a climate of voter intimidation.[5] The European Union and United States have since criticised the election for lack of transparency and detentions of opposition candidates.[6][7] Overseers from the Commonwealth of Nations were critical of the misuse of state powers in favour of the incumbent.
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^"Uganda's Opposition Leader Kizza Besigye Arrested After Alleging Fraud In Elections". International Business Times. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
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