Electoral Commission Uganda : President/ Parliamentary Elections February 18th 2016

Organisation : The Electoral Commission Uganda
Facility : President/ Parliamentary Elections
Country : Uganda

Election Dates : https://www.ec.or.ug/
Home Page : http://www.ec.or.ug/

President/ Parliamentary Elections :

The main objective of the election observation is to ascertain the fairness and freeness of the process and render credibility to the election results to both the National and International Community.

Polling dates for the various elective positions :
President 18th February 2016
Parliamentary 18th February 2016
Chairpersons, Directly Elected Councilors and Women Councilors for District/LC V 24th February 2016
Lord Mayor, Directly Elected Councilors and Women Councilors for Kampala Capital City Authority 24th February 2016
Councilors for PWDs, Older Persons and Youth to District Councils and Kampala Capital City Authority 26th February 2016
Chairpersons, Directly Elected Councilors and Women Councilors for Municipality and Kampala Capital City Divisions 2nd March 2016
PWDs, Older Persons and Youth Councilors to Municipalities and Kampala Capital City Divisions 4th March 2016
Chairpersons, Directly Elected Councilors and Women Councilors for Municipal Division, Sub County and Town Councils 9th March 2016
PWDs, Older Persons and Youth Councilors to Municipal Division, Sub County and Town Councils 10th March 2016

THE ELECTORAL PROCCESS :
The election cycle consists of the following major components :
** Registration of voters
** General Update of the Voters’ register
** Voter Education
** Display of the National Voters’ Register
** Nomination of Candidates
** Campaign meetings
** Polling Day
** Declaration of results

Type of Election/year Held/Number of Registered Voters :
** Multiparty Elections (1980) 4,880,484
** Constituent Assembly Elections (1994) 7,186,164
** Presidential and Parliamentary Elections (1996) 8,495,422
** Local Council Elections (1997/98) 9,129,131
** Presidential Elections (2001) 10,775,836
** Parliamentary Elections (2001) 10,570,412
** Local Government elections (2002) 8,194,707
** Referendum (2005) 8,524,230
** Display Register (Dec ’05 – Jan ’06) 10,604,402
** General Election Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government (2011) 13,954,129
** General Election Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government (2016) 15,294,070