Candidate Yoweri Museveni leads presidential elections in Uganda
Candidate Yoweri Museveni leads presidential elections in Uganda
Kampala, Jan 15 (Prensa Latina) President Yoweri Museveni enjoys 65.02-percent support from voters, according to the first results of the elections held on Thursday, the Electoral Commission of Uganda reported on Friday. Simon Byabakama, head of the institutional body, noted that the president has so far won 65.02 percent of the ballots, whereas the leading opposition candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, has won 27.39 percent of votes, after about one-fourth of the votes have been counted.
According to the official, Patrick Amuriat ranks third with a 3.6-percent support, whereas the other seven candidates running for president have less than 1 percent of the ballots, and, although this data are preliminary, they show the trends of the electorate.
Uganda's electoral commission says it will report the results of Thursday's presidential election within 48 hours, but tensions remained high Friday as