Politics of Burundi - Political Parties and Elections

Political Parties and Elections

For other political parties see List of political parties in Burundi. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Burundi.
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
e • d Summary of the 29 July 2005 Senate of Burundi election results
Parties Elected Members Co-opted &
Other Members		 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) 30 2 32
Front for Democracy in Burundi (Front pour la Démocratie au Burundi, FRODEBU) 3 2 5
National Council for the Defense of Democracy (Conseil National Pour la Défense de la Démocratie, CNDD) 1 2 3
Union for National Progress (Union pour le Progrès national, UPRONA) - 2 2
Ethnic Twa Members - 3 3
Ex-Presidents (FRODEBU-2, UPRONA-1 and PARENA-1) - 4 4
Total 34 15 49

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