Overview
- Official results gave Yoweri Museveni about 71.65% to Bobi Wine’s roughly 24.7%, with turnout near 52%.
- Wine denounced the tally as fake, alleged massive ballot stuffing, and said he escaped a raid, while police denied arresting him and restricted access around his residence.
- African Union and regional observers reported no evidence of ballot stuffing at stations they visited but condemned intimidation, arrests and abductions that undermined credibility.
- Biometric voter identification failures forced a switch to manual registers, a procedural lapse observers say could form the basis of legal challenges.
- The internet blackout was partially lifted with social media still restricted, small protests subsided, and Museveni’s victory speech labeled some opponents “terrorists.”