The Electoral Commission on Saturday (January 17) has released the 2026 Uganda presidential election results.
Shortly after 4pm, EC chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama delivered the final results at the National Tally Centre (EC head office premises) in Lubowa, Lweza.
Of the 11,366,201 total number of votes cast (52.50% of the registered voters), 275,353 of them ((2.42%) were invalid votes.
Here are the votes that each candidate has received, as announced by EC boss Byabakama as provided for by Article 103(3) of the Uganda Constitution and Section 59 of the Presidential Elections Act:
▪️ Yoweri Museveni of the National Resistance Movement (NRM): 7,946,772 votes (71.65%)
▪️ Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu of the National Unity Platform (NUP): 2,741,238 votes (24.72%)
▪️ James Nathan Nandala Mafabi of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC): 209,039 votes (1.88%)
▪️ Gregory Mugisha Muntu of Alliance for National Transformation (ANT): 59,276 votes (0.53%)
▪️ Frank Bulira Kabinga of Revolutionary People’s Party (RPP): 45,959 votes (0.41%)
▪️ Robert Kasibante of the National Peasants Party (NPP): 33,440 votes (0.30%)
▪️Mubarak Munyagwa of Common Man’s Party (CMP): 31,666 votes (0.29%)
▪️Joseph Mabirizi of the Conservative Party (CP): 23,458 votes (0.21%)
