Elections for Administrative Units and Women Councils/Committees
Elections for Administrative Units and Women Councils/Committees
Commissioners and Secretary EC
Commissioners and Secretary EC
The BVVK is used for Verifing Voters on the Polling Station
The BVVK is used for Verifing Voters on the Polling Station
Presiding Officer in-charge of a polling station
Presiding Officer in-charge of a polling station
Everyone is entitled to vote
Everyone is entitled to vote
Checking of Voter Detail from a BVVK(Biometric Voter Verification Kit)
Checking of Voter Detail from a BVVK(Biometric Voter Verification Kit)
Presiding Officers
Presiding Officer and Polling Assistants at a Polling Station
Voter secretly making a choice of their candidate inside the basin
Voter secretly making a choice of their candidate inside the basin
It is the right of every Uganda to cast their vote for their candidate of choice
It is the right of every Uganda to cast their vote for their candidate of choice
Checking for the names of a voter by the presiding official
Checking for the names of a voter by the presiding official
Counting Votes
Counting Votes at a polling station by Presiding official

Launch of 2020/2021 General Elections Strategic Plan

The National Launch of the Strategic plan and the road map for 2020/2021 General Elections took place on 11th December, 2018 at Hotel Africana and was launched by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda.

Attachment: 
PDF icon The Electoral Commission Strategic Plan (2015/16 – 2021/22)
PDF icon A Presentation on the Electoral Commission Strategic Plan and Roadmap to the 2021 General Elections.pdf
PDF icon Closing Remarks by the Deputy Chairperson, EC at the Launch of the Strategic Plan and Roadmap for 2021 Elections.pdf
PDF icon Keynote Address by the Chairperson, EC at the Launch of the Strategic Plan and Roadmap for 2021 Elections.pdf
PDF icon Remarks By Secretary, Electoral Commission at the Launch of the Strategic Plan and Roadmap for 2021 Elections.pdf

Electoral Commission Statistics:

No. of Districts: 122 No. of Consistencies: 296
No. of Sub counties: 1671   No. of Parishes: 8386
No. of Polling Stations: 28749   No. of Villages: 60800
 
No. of Voters: 17073493  

Note: Statistics are as at 19th June, 2018

Latest EC News:

EC Sets Dates for Busia LC 5 Polls

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Thursday, 11 Oct, 2018
EC sets dates for Sheema North MP By-election

The Electoral Commission has released the electoral programme for by-election...

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Friday, 24 Aug, 2018
EC Releases Monies for Field Election Officials

Payment of Field Election Officials

The Electoral Commission released...

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Thursday, 13 Sep, 2018
EC Sets Date for Repeat LC 1 Polls

Following the hearing of complaints arising from the Local Council (Village) Elections conducted...

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Tuesday, 14 Aug, 2018

Where and how to vote

English-newspaper-add-color.jpgYou must be on the electoral register to vote in elections and referenda and this is done by registering and you should be 18 years by the close of the update Exercise conducted by the Electoral Commission. 
Thus, when a Voters' roll for each polling station in a parish has been compiled and only persons whose names appear on the roll are entitled to vote at an election (Section 19(12) Electoral Commission Act 1997).

Nominations

There are nomination requirements, which have to be put into consideration. These include:

• Nomination fees for various levels of elections
• Requirements for candidates to apply for leave before nomination
• Requirement for signatures of supporters of the nomination
• Requirements for qualification of candidates(Specific levels of academic qualifications for different levels of elections)
• Guidelines, materials/ and personnel