2005 Burundian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Burundi on 4 July 2005. The result was a victory for the National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD–FDD), which won 64 of the 118 seats in the National Assembly

Conduct

Voting was largely peaceful throughout the country during election day. Observers deemed the polls generally free, fair, and transparent while the major political parties accepted the results as legitimate.

Results

National Assembly

In order to ensure the 60%-40% ethnic split and 30% quota for women, a further 18 members, including the three Twa representatives foreseen by the Electoral Code, were co-opted after the elections.

Party Votes % Seats
Elected Co-opted Total
CNDD–FDD1,417,80058.5559564
Front for Democracy in Burundi525,33621.7025530
Union for National Progress174,5757.2110515
National Council for the Defense of Democracy100,3664.14404
Movement for the Rehabilitation of Citizens – Rurenzangemero51,7302.14202
Party for National Recovery42,2231.74000
Other parties and independents109,3964.51000
Reserved seats for Twas33
Invalid/blank votes24,575
Total2,446,00110010018118
Registered voters/turnout3,167,12477.23
Source: African Elections Database

Senate

Following the National Assembly elections, the Senate was indirectly elected on 29 July. Of the 49 Senate members, 34 were elected by electoral colleges formed by councillors, three were co-opted Twas, four were former Presidents, and eight further members were co-opted to ensure that at least 30% of its members were women.[1] A total of 119 candidates stood for election to the Senate.[2]

Party Votes % Seats
Elected Co-opted Total
CNDD–FDD30232
Front for Democracy in Burundi325
National Council for the Defense of Democracy123
Union for National Progress022
Reserved seats for Twas33
Former presidents44
Invalid/blank votes1,064
Total2,161100341549
Registered voters/turnout3,22567.01
Source: African Elections Database, IPU

References

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