Burundi’s ruling party grabs landslide victory in senatorial elections electoral commission
Burundi’s ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party has won all 10 seats in the Senate following senatorial elections held on Wednesday, the country’s electoral commission said here on Friday.
“The CNDD-FDD party won all 10 seats in the Senate for the next 2025-2030 tenure. According to the national constitution and the electoral code, three persons from the Batwa minority group have also been co-opted to form an upper chamber of 13 senators,” Prosper Ntahorwamiye, chairperson of the Burundian National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI), said during the publication of provisional results of the July 23 senatorial elections held at provincial town centers.
Various electoral partners, including representatives of political parties, candidates to the senatorial elections, diplomats accredited to Burundi, and members of civil society, attended the meeting.
According to Ntahorwamiye, each of the five provinces in the East African country was entitled to two senators — in most cases, a man and a woman.
Ntahorwamiye said 1,053 out of 1,054 district councilors elected on June 5 participated in the vote, representing a turnout of 99.91 percent. The CNDD-FDD won the elections with 99.72 percent of the votes from Hutu senators and 99.62 percent of the votes from Tutsi senators.
