- In 2019, more than six in 10 Ugandans (62%) favored national dialogue to resolve election-related disagreements, though this reflected a decline from 84% in 2017 (Figure 1).
- About two-thirds (65%) citizens said in 2024 that after losing an election, opposition parties should accept defeat and cooperate with the government to help it develop the country, rather than focus on monitoring and criticizing the government to hold it accountable (Figure 2).
- In 2017, more than eight in 10 respondents (82%) said that in the interest of national unity, the losing side in an election should accept the results even if they disagree with them.
- Despite Uganda’s cultural, ethnic, religious, political, and economic diversity, about two-thirds (65%) of citizens said in 2019 that there is “somewhat more” or “much more” that unites Ugandans as one people than divides them (Figure 3).
Despite Uganda’s cultural, ethnic, religious, political, and economic diversity, a majority of its citizens consistently express support for dialogue to resolve electoral disputes, cooperation in governing, and national unity, according to Afrobarometer surveys.
Findings from the Afrobarometer survey series show that a majority of Ugandans want the losing side in elections to accept the election results in the interest of national unity and to cooperate with the government to help develop the country.
Similarly, a majority of citizens say that despite the country’s great diversity, there is more that unites Ugandans as one people than divides them.
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