2024 Rwandan presidential election

Presidential elections are due to be held in Rwanda in 2024.[1]

Background

A referendum in 2015 approved constitutional amendments that allow incumbent President Paul Kagame to run for a third term in office in 2017, as well as shortening presidential terms from seven to five years, although the latter change would not come into effect until 2024.[2]

In 2022 Kagame told a French television channel that he intends to run for president again in the 2024 election, despite having already served three terms in office.[3]

Electoral system

The President of Rwanda is elected in one round of voting by plurality.[4]

References

  1. "EISA's 2024 African election calendar". EISA. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  2. Paul Kagame's third term: Rwanda referendum on 18 December BBC News, 9 December 2015
  3. "Paul Kagame to seek fourth term as president of Rwanda". BBC News. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  4. Rwanda IFES
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