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1993 Burundian presidential election

Field	Value
country	Burundi
type	presidential
previous_election	1984 Burundian presidential election
previous_year	1984
election_date
next_election	2005 Burundian presidential election
next_year	2005
registered	2,355,126
turnout	97.31%
image1	Melchior Ndadaye (cropped).png
nominee1	Melchior Ndadaye
party1	Front for Democracy in Burundi
popular_vote1	1,483,904
percentage1	65.68%
image2	Pierre Buyoya 1990 cropped.jpg
nominee2	Pierre Buyoya
party2	Union for National Progress
popular_vote2	742,360
percentage2	32.86%
map_image	1993 Burundian presidential election - Results by province.svg
map_caption	Results by province
title	President
before_election	Pierre Buyoya
before_party	Union for National Progress
after_election	Melchior Ndadaye
after_party	Front for Democracy in Burundi

Presidential elections were held in Burundi on 1 June 1993 following the approval of a new constitution in a referendum the previous year. They were the first multi-party elections for the presidency, the only previous elections in 1984 having been held at a time when the country was a one-party state. They were also only the second contested national elections held in the country since independence in 1962.

Three candidates entered the contest, with Melchior Ndadaye of the Front for Democracy in Burundi defeating incumbent President Pierre Buyoya with 66% of the vote. Voter turnout was 97%.

This election was a watershed for Burundi. It represented the end of the military-backed Tutsi-dominated state that had been in place since 1966, and the first peaceful transfer of power in the country’s republican history.

Candidates

Pierre Buyoya, the incumbent president who seized power in a 1987 military coup. A Tutsi from Bururi Province, he was the candidate for the ruling Union for National Progress. He ran on a platform of national unity and was supported by two predominantly Tutsi parties, the Rally for Democracy and Economic and Social Development (RADDES) and the Social Democratic Party.
Melchior Ndadaye', the leader and candidate of the Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU), a predominantly Hutu party founded in 1986 and officially registered in 1992. Ndadaye's candidacy was supported by three other mainly Hutu parties - the Rally for the People of Burundi (RPB), the People's Party (PP), and the Liberal Party (PL).
Pierre-Claver Sendegeya, a Hutu and candidate of the monarchist People's Reconciliation Party (PRP).

Results

Aftermath

Melchior Ndadaye's election victory put FRODEBU in prime position for a comfortable win in the parliamentary election held on 29 June 1993.

Ndadaye was sworn in as the first Hutu president of Burundi on 10 July 1993. His rule would be short, however, as he was assassinated on 21 October 1993 during a military coup attempt by elements of the predominantly Tutsi army. Thereafter, the country plunged into a full-scale civil war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives.

References

[http://www.eisa.org.za/wep/bur1993results2.htm Burundi: 1993 Presidential election results] EISA

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