The Electoral Commission conducted Presidential Elections on Thursday 14. January 2021.
By law, the results for Presidential Elections must be declared within 48 hours from the closure of polls. The polls closed at 4:00pm on Thursday 14. January and the forty-eight hours expired at 4:00pm on Saturday 16. January 2021.
The provisional results of the Presidential Elections were announced cumulatively in the order in which they were being received, leading to a declaration by the Electoral Commission, based on the total number of thirty-three thousand four hundred and sixty-one (33,461) polling stations, which had been duly received and verified before the expiry of the 48 hours.
These stations account for 96.47% of the total number of polling stations (34,684) across the country.
The declaration met the legal requirements of Section 57(4) of the Presidential Elections Act, which provides that a candidate shall be declared as President if he/she has obtained more than fifty percent (50%) of the valid votes cast at the election.
The candidate who was declared as winner obtained more than 50% of the total votes cast at the election.
The Commission considered the fact that the difference In votes obtained by the leading candidate and first runner up would not have a significant effect on the final results even if all the voters from the remaining one thousand two hundred and twenty-three (1,223) polling stations, totalling to six hundred ninety-four thousand two hundred and twenty-nine (694,229) voters were added to the first runner up.
The Electoral Commission has since received and tallied the results of the remaining polling stations.
Accordingly, the final summary of Presidential Elections Results is as follows:
The above copies have also been uploaded on the Electoral Commission website: (www.ec.or.ug), and will be published In the Uganda Gazette.
The Commission has further finalized ascertaining and compiling the results of Parliamentary Elections and will publish the results In the Gazette in accordance with the Law.
The Electoral Commission wishes to congratulate the people of Uganda on exercising their constitutional rights and participating in the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections held on 14″. January 2021, and the Local Government Council elections.