2005 Burundian legislative election
# 2005 Burundian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Burundi on 4 July 2005. The result was a victory for the National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD–FDD), which won 64 of the 118 seats in the National Assembly

## Conduct

Voting was largely peaceful throughout the country during election day. Observers deemed the polls generally free, fair, and transparent while the major political parties accepted the results as legitimate.

## Results

### National Assembly

In order to ensure the 60%-40% ethnic split and 30% quota for women, a further 18 members, including the three Twa representatives foreseen by the Electoral Code, were co-opted after the elections.

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Elected | Co-opted | Total |
| | CNDD–FDD | 1,417,800 | 58.55 | 59 | 5 | 64 |
| | Front for Democracy in Burundi | 525,336 | 21.70 | 25 | 5 | 30 |
| | Union for National Progress | 174,575 | 7.21 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| | National Council for the Defense of Democracy | 100,366 | 4.14 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| | Movement for the Rehabilitation of Citizens – Rurenzangemero | 51,730 | 2.14 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | Party for National Recovery | 42,223 | 1.74 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Other parties and independents | 109,396 | 4.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Co-opted Twa members | Co-opted Twa members | | | – | 3 | 3 |
| Total | Total | 2,421,426 | 100.00 | 100 | 18 | 118 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,421,426 | 99.00 | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 24,575 | 1.00 | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 2,446,001 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 3,167,124 | 77.23 | | | |
| Source: African Elections Database |||||||

### Senate

Following the National Assembly elections, the Senate was indirectly elected on 29 July. Of the 49 Senate members, 34 were elected by electoral colleges formed by councillors, three were co-opted Twas, four were former Presidents, and eight further members were co-opted to ensure that at least 30% of its members were women. A total of 119 candidates stood for election to the Senate.

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Elected | Co-opted | Total |
| | CNDD–FDD | | | 30 | 2 | 32 |
| | Front for Democracy in Burundi | | | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| | National Council for the Defense of Democracy | | | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Union for National Progress | | | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Co-opted Twa members | Co-opted Twa members | | | – | 3 | 3 |
| Former presidents | Former presidents | | | – | 4 | 4 |
| Total | Total | | | 34 | 15 | 49 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,097 | 50.76 | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,064 | 49.24 | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 2,161 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 3,225 | 67.01 | | | |
| Source: African Elections Database, IPU |||||||
