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Elections in Burundi gives information on election and election results in Burundi.

Burundi elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) has 118 members, elected for a five year term by proportional representation with a 2% barrier. The Senate (Sénat) has 49 members, elected for a five year term by electoral colleges of communal councilors. Extra seats in both chambers can be added to ensure that ethnic and gender quotas are met. Burundi has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful. Parties are usually based on ethnic background.

Contents 1 2005 National Assembly elections 2 Past elections and Referendums 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] 2005 National Assembly elections

e • d Summary of the 4 July 2005 National Assembly of Burundi election results

Parties	Votes	%	Elected seats	Coopted seats	Total seats
National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (Conseil National Pour la Défense de la Démocratie–Forces pour la Défense de la Démocratie, CNDD-FDD)	1,417,800	58.55	59	5	64
Front for Democracy in Burundi (Front pour la Démocratie au Burundi, FRODEBU)	525,336	21.70	25	5	30
Union for National Progress (Union pour le Progrès national, UPRONA)	174,575	7.21	10	5	15
National Council for the Defense of Democracy (Conseil National Pour la Défense de la Démocratie, CNDD)	100,366	4.14	4	-	4
Movement for the Rehabilitation of Citizens-Rurenzangemero (Mouvement pour la Réhabilitation du Citoyen-Rurenzangemero, MRC)	51,730	2.14	2	-	2
Party for National Recovery (Parti pour le redressement national, PARENA)	42,223	1.74	-	-	-
Others & Independents	109,396	4.51	-	-	-
Ethnic Twa Members	-	-	-	3	3
Total (Voter Turnout: 77.2%)	2,421,426	100.0	100	18	118
Invalid/Blank Votes	24,575
Total Votes	2,446,001
Registered Voters	3,167,124
Source: African Elections Database

More info: Burundi elections, 2005 on the Constitutional Referendum, Communal, National Assembly, Senate, Presidential, and 'Hills' elections.

[edit] Past elections and Referendums

v • d • e Elections and referendums in Burundi Presidential elections 2010 Parliamentary elections 1961 · 1965 · 1982 · 1993 · 2005 · 2010 Referendums 1981 · 1991 · 1992 · 2005

[edit] See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

[edit] External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• African Elections Database

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