Rwandan presidential election, 2003

25 August 2003


Nominee	Paul Kagame	Faustin Twagiramungu
Party	RPF	Independent
Popular vote	3,544,777	134,865
Percentage	95.06%	3.62%

President before election

Paul Kagame
RPF

Elected President

Paul Kagame
RPF

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Presidential elections were held in Rwanda on 25 August 2003.^[1] They were the first presidential elections since the Rwandan Civil War and the first multi-party presidential elections in the country's history. Paul Kagame of the Rwandan Patriotic Front was elected to a seven-year term with 95% of the vote.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Paul Kagame	Rwandan Patriotic Front	3,544,777	95.0
Faustin Twagiramungu	Independent	134,865	3.6
Jean-Népomuscène Nayinzira	Independent	49,634	1.3
Invalid/blank votes		84,920	–
Total		3,813,926	100
Registered voters/turnout		3,948,749	96.5
Source: Adam Carr

References

↑ Elections in Rwanda African Elections Database
↑ Presidential election of 25 August 2003 Adam Carr

Elections and referendums in Rwanda
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Referendums	1961 1978 2003 2015

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