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Sub-Saharan Africa 路 Capital: Bujumbura

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Upcoming elections

2027 presidential election

Voted in two rounds.

How Burundi is governed

System of government
Unitary presidential republic

ceniburundi.bi Official source

Bienvenue sur le site web officiel de la Commission Electorale Nationale Ind茅pendante

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

mae.gov.bi Official source

Burundi is an independent, sovereign, laic, democratic, unitary and respectful of its ethnic and religious diversity

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Head of state
President of the Republic

ceniburundi.bi Official source

Bienvenue sur le site web officiel de la Commission Electorale Nationale Ind茅pendante

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

mae.gov.bi Official source

Burundi is an independent, sovereign, laic, democratic, unitary and respectful of its ethnic and religious diversity

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Head of government
Prime Minister

ceniburundi.bi Official source

Bienvenue sur le site web officiel de la Commission Electorale Nationale Ind茅pendante

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

mae.gov.bi Official source

Burundi is an independent, sovereign, laic, democratic, unitary and respectful of its ethnic and religious diversity

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Voting age
18

ceniburundi.bi Official source

Bienvenue sur le site web officiel de la Commission Electorale Nationale Ind茅pendante

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

mae.gov.bi Official source

Burundi is an independent, sovereign, laic, democratic, unitary and respectful of its ethnic and religious diversity

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Compulsory voting
No

ceniburundi.bi Official source

Bienvenue sur le site web officiel de la Commission Electorale Nationale Ind茅pendante

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

mae.gov.bi Official source

Burundi is an independent, sovereign, laic, democratic, unitary and respectful of its ethnic and religious diversity

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Electoral authority
Commission Electorale Nationale Ind茅pendante du Burundi (CENI)

ceniburundi.bi Official source

Bienvenue sur le site web officiel de la Commission Electorale Nationale Ind茅pendante

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

mae.gov.bi Official source

Burundi is an independent, sovereign, laic, democratic, unitary and respectful of its ethnic and religious diversity

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Legislature

ceniburundi.bi Official source

Bienvenue sur le site web officiel de la Commission Electorale Nationale Ind茅pendante

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

mae.gov.bi Official source

Burundi is an independent, sovereign, laic, democratic, unitary and respectful of its ethnic and religious diversity

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

  • National Assembly 111 seats 路 5-year term 路 100 members directly elected by closed-list proportional representation using the d'Hondt method, with additional members co-opted to meet ethnic, gender and Tw
  • Senate 13 seats 路 5-year term 路 10 senators indirectly elected by electoral colleges composed of communal council members from the five provinces; 3 Twa senators

The President is directly elected for a seven-year term and may serve no more than two consecutive terms. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President and is not nationally elected; the Senate is indirectly elected by communal-council electoral colleges, while the National Assembly is directly elected with quota-based co-optation.

ceniburundi.bi Official source

Bienvenue sur le site web officiel de la Commission Electorale Nationale Ind茅pendante

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

mae.gov.bi Official source

Burundi is an independent, sovereign, laic, democratic, unitary and respectful of its ethnic and religious diversity

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Elected offices

  • President of the Republic head of state 路 1 seats 路 7-year term 路 Direct nationwide popular vote; absolute majority with a second round if necessary

Past elections

Newest first. Results are as the sources published them.

Results

The latest elections with a result table. Provisional figures can change until the count is certified.

2025 Burundian parliamentary election

Final resultsTurnout 98.9%

Seats won: all 3 lines, as in the table
Results of 2025 Burundian parliamentary election
Party or candidateVotesShareSeatsSource
National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) Elected5,654,80796.5%100

acatburundi.org News report

Votes cast: 5,859,238, or 98.54%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

data.ipu.org News report

The National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Front for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) won all the 100 directly elected seats

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Union for National Progress (UPRONA)80,6391.4%0

acatburundi.org News report

Votes cast: 5,859,238, or 98.54%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

data.ipu.org News report

The National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Front for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) won all the 100 directly elected seats

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Congress for Liberty (CNL)34,2670.6%0

acatburundi.org News report

Votes cast: 5,859,238, or 98.54%

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

data.ipu.org News report

The National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Front for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) won all the 100 directly elected seats

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

2020 Burundian presidential election 路 20 May 2020

Final results

Results of 2020 Burundian presidential election
Party or candidateSource
脡variste Ndayishimiye (CNDD-FDD) Elected

ceniburundi.bi Official source

Elections des D茅put茅s 05 Juin 2025

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

presidence.gov.bi Official source

Evariste NDAYISHIMIYE, Pr茅sident de la R茅publique du Burundi depuis le 18 juin 2020.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Open 2020 Burundian presidential election

Burundi in numbers

From the World Bank, each with the year it is from.

Sources

Every fact above links to the page it came from. Last checked 8 October 2026 (UTC).

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