Overview
- The electoral commission reported 71.65%–71.7% for Yoweri Museveni and about 24.7% for Bobi Wine, confirming a seventh five-year term for the incumbent.
- Bobi Wine and the National Unity Platform rejected the tally as fake, alleging systematic fraud, and Wine said he escaped a security raid and is now in hiding while his family remains confined at home.
- Ugandan authorities denied that Wine was arrested or abducted, and a party post claiming he was seized by army helicopter was later deleted as officials called the allegation absurd.
- African observer missions cited reports of intimidation, arrests and abductions but said they found no conclusive evidence of large-scale ballot stuffing.
- Voting was disrupted by malfunctioning biometric ID machines, missing ballot boxes and a continuing internet blackout, while the opposition reported at least ten deaths that police dispute.