1996 Ugandan parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Uganda on 27 June 1996, following the adoption of a new constitution in October 1995.^[1] The new constitution banned political parties, so all candidates ran as independents. The 276 seats in the new Parliament were contested by 814 candidates, of which 156 were won by supporters of the National Resistance Movement.^[2] Voter turnout was 56%.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Independents	4,665,185	100.00	214
Appointed or indirectly-elected members				69
Total		4,665,185	100.00	283

Valid votes		4,665,185	98.16
Invalid/blank votes		87,385	1.84
Total votes		4,752,570	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		8,492,154	55.96
Source: Nohlen et al.^[3]

References

^ Uganda: Elections held in 1996 Inter-Parliamentary Union
^ Elections in Uganda African Elections Database
^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, pp933–934 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

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