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Rwanda Detailed Election Results
 
 

Political Parties: FPR - Rwandan Patriotic Front (predominately ethnic Tutsi), PDC - Centrist Democratic Party (predominately ethnic Hutu, center-right, christian-democratic), PDI - Ideal 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 (FPR)-led Coalition Member parties include the Rwandan Patriotic Front (FPR), Centrist Democratic Party (PDC), Ideal Democratic Party (PDI), Rwandan Socialist Party (PSR), and the Democratic Union of the Rwandan People (UDPR).

26 MAY 2003 CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM
Province Results Total
Valid
Votes
Invalid/
Blank Votes
Total
Votes
Registered Voters Voter Turnout
"Yes" Votes "No" Votes
Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Votes % of Votes
Butare 284,223 92.94% 21,584 7.06% 305,807 12,940 318,747 357,810 89.1%
Byumba 264,706 94.40% 15,709 5.60% 280,415 9,737 290,152 316,708 91.6%
Cyangugu 191,008 81.04% 44,685 18.96% 235,693 6,933 242,626 274,099 88.5%
Gikongoro 188,865 96.24% 7,383 3.76% 196,248 5,435 201,683 221,824 90.9%
Gisenyi 358,569 97.09% 10,746 2.91% 369,315 4,860 374,175 392,986 95.2%
Gitarama 343,041 93.95% 22,106 6.05% 365,147 13,789 378,936 429,125 88.3%
Kibungo 259,576 93.65% 17,589 6.35% 277,165 15,877 293,042 329,200 89.0%
Kibuye 180,652 94.72% 10,069 5.28% 190,721 6,173 196,894 214,443 91.8%
Kigali City 230,462 90.98% 22,858 9.02% 253,320 11,480 264,800 316,318 83.7%
Kigali Rural 326,249 94.29% 19,754 5.71% 346,003 15,381 361,384 392,276 92.1%
Ruhengeri 340,612 94.71% 19,025 5.29% 359,637 9,117 368,754 405,338 91.0%
Umutara 158,110 94.66% 8,914 5.34% 167,024 7,707 174,731 206,570 84.6%
Diaspora 6,218 99.36% 40 0.64% 6,258 18 6,276 7,268 86.4%
National Total 3,132,291 93.42% 220,462 6.58% 3,352,753 119,447 3,472,200 3,863,965 89.9%
 
 
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, & 2 OCTOBER 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) 40 7 6 - -
 
 
9 AUGUST 2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Province Candidate (Party) Total
Valid
Votes
Invalid/
Blank Votes
Total
Votes
Registered Voters Voter Turnout
Paul Kagame (FPR) Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo (PSD) Prosper Higiro (PL) Alvera Mukabaramba (PPC)
Eastern 1,098,875(93.99%) 50,405
(4.31%)
16,157 (1.38%) 3,656
(0.31%)
1,169,093 1,792 1,170,885 1,181,011 99.1%
Kigali City 530,225 (92.71%) 29,425
(5.15%)
8,023 (1.40%) 4,221
(0.74%)
571,894 9,434 581,328 611,432 95.1%
Northern 766,407 (93.17%) 41,135
(5.00%)
9,339 (1.14%) 5,726
(0.70%)
822,607 25,222 847,829 882,600 96.1%
Southern 1,149,078 (92.80%) 64,501
(5.21%)
21,448 (1.73%) 3,139
(0.25%)
1,238,166 5,010 1,243,176 1,265,365 98.2%
Western 1,079,873 (92.53%) 70,809
(6.07%)
13,116 (1.12%) 3,243
(0.28%)
1,167,041 24,302 1,191,343 1,216,367 97.9%
Diaspora 14,102 (96.66%) 213
(1.46%)
152 (1.04%) 122
(0.84%)
14,589 152 14,741 21,717 67.9%
National Total 4,638,560 (98.0,3%) 256,488 (5.15%) 68,235 (1.37%) 20,107 (0.40%) 4,983,390 65,912 5,049,302 5,178,492 97.5%