Overview
- The Electoral Commission announced results from 49,512 of 50,739 polling stations—about 98%—with national turnout near 52.5% and urged dissatisfied parties to seek legal redress.
- Main challenger Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) finished with 24.72%—about 2.74 million votes—while Museveni dominated most regions and lost Buganda by a narrow margin.
- The National Unity Platform rejected the outcome, alleging voter intimidation, arrests of agents, ballot stuffing and broader voter suppression.
- Kyagulanyi said security forces raided his home and that he escaped arrest, a claim publicly denied by police.
- The result closely matched a pre-election forecast by the U.S.-based Robert Lansing Institute, which cited incumbency control, heavy security deployments and an internet blackout as decisive advantages.