Results from the National Youth Village elections show that the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has won in the majority of the districts.
According to results from the polls, the NRM won the polls by over 80 per cent.
Commenting on the outcomes of the polls, Mr Don Wanyama, the senior presidential press secretary said the NRM’s silent majority is real.
“Draw your own conclusions but one thing is unmistakable. The “Silent Majority” is real,” said Mr Wanyama.
While the NRM swept most of the polls across the country in general, opposition parties won a few areas, especially in urban areas.
The positions which were contested for included chairperson, vice-chairperson, general secretary, publicity secretary, secretary for women and youth, secretary for student affairs, secretary for labour affairs, secretary for sports and culture and the secretary for finance.
The voters lined up behind candidates, their portraits, symbols, or agent, in compliance with health guidelines to contain the spread of Covid-19.
In Tororo for example, Mr Eric Gimei, the district returning officer, said the NRM took the lead with 80 per cent of seats while the oppositions shared the remaining seats.
“Apart from the isolated cases, the elections were generally peaceful. This is the first time that the Electoral Commission (EC) is witnessing peaceful youth elections and this illustrates maturity among the age group,” Mr Gimei said.
He added that the police contained the few isolated cases of violence in some places in Tororo Municipality.
In Mbale District, the NRM secured 88.2 percent of the seats followed by independents with 11.7 per cent.
The FDC and NUP came third with 0.1 percent each. Other parties, including the Democratic Party (DP) and Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) did not win any position.
In Mbale City, the NRM took 90 percent of the seats, independents secured 17 per cent, NUP and FDC each garnered 0.1 per cent.
In Bududa District, the returning officer, Mr Ronald Nsereko, said a total of 1,111 youth chairpersons were elected out of which 92 per cent were from the NRM and only 11 per cent were independents. We had candidates from NUP, FDC and other parties,” he said.
In Budaka, the district returning officer, Ms Norah Lunyolo, said most of the seats were taken by NRM.
“I do not have figures for each party now, but majority of the seats were won by NRM party,” she said.
In Lira, the party won both at the district and city level by 96 per cent.
Mr John Paul Osinde, the district returning officer, said 292 NRM youth were elected as village chairpersons.
The UPC came second with 74 slots while independents took 46 seats, and FDC got only two positions.
In Lira City, 107 youth were elected as village chairpersons under NRM, UPC got 35 positions, independents had 28 while FDC had none.
Mr Osinde said the election was free and fair without any major challenge.
“The only major challenge we had was West Division in Lira City where some youth tried to cause violence but police restored order,” he said.
In Fort Portal City, 168 elected village chairpersons were from NRM and 45 were independents. The NUP, FDC, DP did not win any seats in the village committees.
In Kabarole District, 293 elected chairpersons were from NRM, 36 from independents and one for FDC.
In Mbarara District, the NRM party took majority seats. Results released by Mr Latif Ngonzi, the district registrar, indicated that out of the 488 positions for youth chairpersons, NRM got 457 seats, independents (28) , FDC got two and ANT had one vote. The rest of the parties did not get any seats.
For the position of vice-chairperson, NRM got 455 positions, independents 23, FDC and ANT got one seat each.
“In summary, the NRM party got 93 per cent, independents 6.7 per cent, FDC 0.24 per cent, ANT 0.1 per cent. The rest of the parties did not get any positions,” Mr Ngonzi said.
In Omoro District, Mr Denis Obong, the returning officer, said many of the positions were taken by the NRM. The same was reported in Lamwo District.
“We are still compiling results but NRM is leading in most of the positions, especially the chairpersons followed by independent candidates,” Mr Samuel Olet, the Lamwo returning officer, said.
In Bunyangabu District, NRM party won most of the elective positions.
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