At stake in this election:

• The office of the President of the Republic of Uganda

Description of electoral system:

• The president is elected using a two-round system in which one candidate must receive at least 50 percent of the vote in order to avoid a run-off vote. 

Main Candidates in this Election:

• Yoweri Museveni
  • Party: National Resistance Movement
• Patrick Amuriat
  • Party: Forum for Democratic Change
• Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine
  • Party: National Unity Party
• Joseph Kabuleta Kiiza
  • Party: independent
• Nancy Linda Kalembe
  • Party: independent
• John Katumba
  • Party: independent
• Norbert Mao
  • Party: Democratic Party
• Willy Mayambala
  • Party: independent)
• Mugisha Muntu
  • Party: Alliance for National Transformation
• Fred Mwesigye
  • Party: Independent
• Henry Tumukunde
  • Party: Renewed Uganda Platform