Burundian legislative election, 2005

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The Republic of Burundi held legislative elections on 4 July 2005. Approximately 30 political parties and independents competed for 100 seats in the National Assembly. Voting was largely peaceful throughout the country during election day. Observers deemed the polls generally free, fair, and transparent. [1] Major political parties accepted the results as legitimate.

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.

As in the communal elections held a month earlier, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) won the most seats.

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**Summary of the 4 July 2005 National Assembly of Burundi election results**
Parties	Votes	%	Elected seats	Coopted seats	Total seats
National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (Conseil National Pour la Défense de la Démocratie–Forces pour la Défense de la Démocratie, CNDD-FDD)	1,417,800	58.55	59	5	64
Front for Democracy in Burundi (Front pour la Démocratie au Burundi, FRODEBU)	525,336	21.70	25	5	30
Union for National Progress (Union pour le Progrès national, UPRONA)	174,575	7.21	10	5	15
National Council for the Defense of Democracy (Conseil National Pour la Défense de la Démocratie, CNDD)	100,366	4.14	4	-	4
Movement for the Rehabilitation of Citizens-Rurenzangemero (Mouvement pour la Réhabilitation du Citoyen-Rurenzangemero, MRC)	51,730	2.14	2	-	2
Party for National Recovery (Parti pour le redressement national, PARENA)	42,223	1.74	-	-	-
Others & Independents	109,396	4.51	-	-	-
Ethnic Twa Members	-	-	-	3	3
Total (Voter Turnout: 77.2%)	2,421,426	100.0	100	18	118
Invalid/Blank Votes	24,575
Total Votes	2,446,001
Registered Voters	3,167,124
Source: African Elections Database