BUJUMBURA, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The Burundian Constitutional Court on Friday validated results of the June 5 legislative elections, during which the ruling party won all the seats.
"The Constitutional Court analyzed the report sent by the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) on the provisional results in legislative elections and found it genuine. The Court also analyzed complaints filed by four parties on what they called irregularities, but found them baseless and with no evidence," said Valentin Bagorikunda, president of the Constitutional Court, in a public hearing.
Participants in the public hearing included senior officials, CENI members, diplomats and representatives of civil society organizations that monitored the elections.
However, the four parties, whose complaints about alleged irregularities during the legislative elections were rejected, boycotted the session.
According to Bagorikunda, 98.88 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots during the legislative elections, and after ballot counting, the CNDD-FDD party "becomes the only party in competition because no other political party or coalition of political parties was able to garner at least two percent of votes to be able to claim a seat as provided by the National Constitution and the Electoral Code."
He also added that no independent candidate was able to garner 40 percent of votes to be able to claim a seat as again provided by the National Constitution and the Electoral Code.
Bagorikunda confirmed that the CNDD-FDD won 96.51 percent of the votes cast, while the Union for National Progress came a distant second with 1.38 percent.
"The new National Assembly to take office as of July 28, 2025, and which will operate for five years, will be composed of 111 deputies -- 100 elected members, eight co-opted members from the CNDD-FDD, and three co-opted members from the Batwa minority group," Bagorikunda said.
He indicated that the ethnic balance of 60 percent for Hutus and 40 percent for Tutsis and at least 30 percent for women have been respected in the new National Assembly.
Burundi is scheduled to hold senatorial elections on July 23 and village-level elections on Aug. 25. ■
