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Rwanda Detailed Election Results
 
 

Political Parties: FPR - Rwandan Patriotic Front (predominately ethnic Tutsi), PDC - Christian Democratic Party (predominately ethnic Hutu, center-right, christian-democratic), PDI - Islamic Democratic Party, PL - Liberal Party (predominately ethnic Hutu, center-left, liberal), PPC - Party for Progress and Concord, PSD - Social Democratic Party (predominately ethnic Hutu, left-wing, social-democratic), PSR - Rwandan Socialist Party (social-democratic), UDPR - Democratic Union of the Rwandan People.

Coalitions: Rwandan Patriotic Front-led Coalition Member parties include the Rwandan Patriotic Front (FPR), Christian Democratic Party (PDC), Islamic Democratic Party (PDI), Rwandan Socialist Party (PSR), and the Democratic Union of the Rwandan People (UDPR).

25 AUGUST 2003 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Province

Candidate (Party)

Total Valid Votes

Invalid/
Blank Votes

Total Votes

Registered Voters

Voter Turnout

Paul Kagame (FPR)

Jean-Népomuscène Nayinzira

Faustin Twagiramungu

Butare

286,158 (90.02%)

   8,744    (2.75%)

   22,967    (7.23%)

317,867

14,168

332,035

344,445

96.4%

Byumba

277,050 (93.98%)

  5,019    (1.70%)

   12,732    (4.32%)

294,801

16,246

311,047

324,883

95.7%

Cyangugu

273,011 (99.05%)

      695       (0.25%)

    1,926      (0.70%)

275,632

3,950

279,582

281,050

99.5%

Gikongoro

198,460 (97.42%)

  1,856    (0.91%)

   3,406     (1.67%)

203,722

9,930

213,652

223,592

95.6%

Gisenyi

397,725 (99.16%)

       975        (0.24%)

   2,379     (0.59%)

401,079

928

402,007

397,641

101.1%

Gitarama

348,595 (89.18%)

  11,350   (2.90%)

   30,937    (7.91%)

390,882

8,124

399,006

417,340

95.6%

Kibungo

308,916 (96.23%)

  4,883    (1.52%)

   7,224     (2.25%)

321,023

4,119

325,142

338,185

96.1%

Kibuye

195,836 (96.88%)

   1,968     (0.97%)

   4,346     (2.15%)

202,150

7,664

209,814

213,045

98.5%

Kigali (City)

288,886 (87.86%)

  7,876    (2.40%)

   32,033    (9.74%)

328,795

6,706

335,501

382,351

87.8%

Kigali Rural

354,804 (95.28%)

  4,512    (1.21%)

   13,053    (3.51%)

372,369

9,047

381,416

387,376

98.5%

Ruhengeri

408,291 (99.50%)

  1,003    (0.24%)

   1,032     (0.25%)

410,326

1,441

411,767

416,373

98.9%

Umutara

195,891 (98.26%)

     743       (0.37%)

     2,725       (1.37%)

199,359

865

200,224

210,408

95.2%

Diaspora

11,154   (98.98%)

      10         (0.09%)

      105        (0.93%)

11,269

105

11,374

12,060

94.3%

National Total

3,544,777 (95.05%)

  49,634   (1.33%)

 134,865   (3.62%)

3,729,274

84,920

3,812,567

3,948,749

96.6%

 
 

29-30 SEPTEMBER 2003 CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES ELECTION

Province

Party/Coalition

Total Valid Votes

Invalid/
Blank Votes

Total Votes

Registered Voters

Voter Turnout

FPR-led Coalition

Social Democratic Party (PSD)

Liberal Party (PL)

Party for Progress and Concord (PPC)

Independents

Butare

202,063 (60.64%)

67,492 (20.26%)

56,855 (17.06%)

2,871 (0.86%)

   3,922    (1.18%)

333,203

5,897

339,100

344,950

98.3%

Byumba

214,849 (70.42%)

35,747 (11.72%)

19,467 (6.38%)

34,446 (11.29%)

    584      (0.19%)

305,093

1,974

307,067

325,639

94.3%

Cyangugu

226,251 (80.40%)

33,867 (12.04%)

21,273 (7.56%)

0 (0.00%)

       0         (0.00%)

281,391

462

281,853

281,892

99.9%

Gikongoro

135,069 (64.64%)

34,931 (16.72%)

28,094 (13.44%)

6,223 (2.98%)

 4,654   (2.23%)

208,971

4,117

213,088

224,121

95.1%

Gisenyi

320,771 (82.20%)

40,807 (10.46%)

24,221 (6.21%)

738 (0.19%)

 3,690   (0.95%)

390,227

1,582

391,809

397,744

98.5%

Gitarama

323,201 (79.91%)

37,908 (9.37%)

33,011 (8.16%)

2,066 (0.51%)

 8,251   (2.04%)

404,437

4,531

408,968

418,993

97.6%

Kibungo

244,818 (74.71%)

14,958 (4.56%)

59,864 (18.27%)

5,331 (1.63%)

 2,735   (0.83%)

327,706

6,293

333,999

338,647

98.6%

Kibuye

139,574 (66.53%)

32,335 (15.41%)

30,661 (14.62%)

4,282 (2.04%)

 2,925   (1.39%)

209,777

1,080

210,857

213,588

98.7%

Kigali (City)

221,899 (66.53%)

61,181 (18.34%)

29,123 (8.73%)

15,259 (4.57%)

 6,088   (1.83%)

333,550

28,717

362,267

382,657

94.7%

Kigali Rural

241,183 (66.51%)

58,288 (16.07%)

50,498 (13.93%)

7,696 (2.12%)

 4,972   (1.37%)

362,637

0

362,637

389,146

93.2%

Ruhengeri

336,691 (84.50%)

28,626 (7.18%)

29,123 (7.31%)

1,967 (0.49%)

 2,027   (0.51%)

398,434

75

398,509

417,132

95.5%

Umutara

158,616 (81.21%)

16,850 (8.63%)

14,724 (7.54%)

2,668 (1.37%)

 2,448   (1.25%)

195,306

3,245

198,551

211,575

93.8%

Diaspora

9,676 (98.03%)

   77    (0.78%)

64 (0.65%)

16 (0.16%)

     37       (0.37%)

9,870

28

9,898

11,974

82.7%

National Total

2,774,661 (73.78%)

463,067 (12.31%)

396,978 (10.56%)

83,563 (2.22%)

 42,333   (1.13%)

3,760,602

58,001

3,818,603

3,958,058

96.5%

Number of Seats (53)

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