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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.
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2005 National Assembly elections
| 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.
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