Parliament of Uganda

Parliament of the Republic of Uganda

Uganda

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The Parliament of Uganda, comprises 215 Constituency Representatives, 79 District Woman Representatives, 10 Uganda People's Defence Forces Representatives, 5 Representatives of the Youth, 5 Representatives of Persons with Disabilities, 5 Representatives of Workers, and 13 Ex-officio Members.

After the 2005 Referendum, the composition of parliament has changed.

e • d Summary of the 23 February 2006 National Assembly of Uganda election results

Parties	Votes	%	Constituency seats	District woman reps.	Indirect seats	Total seats
National Resistance Movement			142	49	14	205
Forum for Democratic Change			27	10	-	37
Uganda People's Congress			9	-	-	9
Democratic Party			8	-	-	8
Conservative Party			1	-	-	1
Justice Forum			1	-	-	1
Independents			26	10	1	37
Vacant			1	-	-	1
Uganda People's Defence Force Representatives						10
Ex-officio members						10
Total (turnout 72 %)			215	69	15	319
Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union
Note on the Distribution of seats: – Constituency seats refers to directly elected constituency representatives (215) – District Woman Reps. refers to directly elected District Woman Representatives (69) – Indirect seats include: Representatives of the Youth (5), Representatives of Persons with Disabilities (5), and Representatives of Workers (5)

See also

• List of Speakers of the Parliament of Uganda

External links

• A Trip to Uganda's Parliament
• Official site Parliament of Uganda