2005 Burundian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Burundi on 4 July 2005. The result was a victory for the National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD–FDD), which won 64 of the 118 seats in the National Assembly

Conduct

Voting was largely peaceful throughout the country during election day. Observers deemed the polls generally free, fair, and transparent while the major political parties accepted the results as legitimate.

Results

National Assembly

In order to ensure the 60%-40% ethnic split and 30% quota for women, a further 18 members, including the three Twa representatives foreseen by the Electoral Code, were co-opted after the elections.

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Elected	Co-opted	Total
	CNDD–FDD	1,417,800	58.55	59	5	64
	Front for Democracy in Burundi	525,336	21.70	25	5	30
	Union for National Progress	174,575	7.21	10	5	15
	National Council for the Defense of Democracy	100,366	4.14	4	0	4
	Movement for the Rehabilitation of Citizens – Rurenzangemero	51,730	2.14	2	0	2
	Party for National Recovery	42,223	1.74	0	0	0
	Other parties and independents	109,396	4.52	0	0	0
Co-opted Twa members				–	3	3
Total		2,421,426	100.00	100	18	118
Valid votes		2,421,426	99.00
Invalid/blank votes		24,575	1.00
Total votes		2,446,001	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,167,124	77.23
Source: African Elections Database

Senate

Following the National Assembly elections, the Senate was indirectly elected on 29 July. Of the 49 Senate members, 34 were elected by electoral colleges formed by councillors, three were co-opted Twas, four were former Presidents, and eight further members were co-opted to ensure that at least 30% of its members were women. A total of 119 candidates stood for election to the Senate.

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Elected	Co-opted	Total
	CNDD–FDD			30	2	32
	Front for Democracy in Burundi			3	2	5
	National Council for the Defense of Democracy			1	2	3
	Union for National Progress			0	2	2
Co-opted Twa members				–	3	3
Former presidents				–	4	4
Total				34	15	49
Valid votes		1,097	50.76
Invalid/blank votes		1,064	49.24
Total votes		2,161	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,225	67.01
Source: African Elections Database, IPU

External links

• Burundi: Elections held in 2005 IPU
• 2005 elections IFES Election Guide
• Republic of Burundi Legislative Elections of 4 July 2005 Adam Carr