Senate of Burundi (2005)

The 2005 Senate of Burundi sat from 2005 to 2010.

In a popular referendum on 28 February 2005 the people of Burundi overwhelmingly approved a post-transitional constitution. Senate members were indirectly elected on 29 July 2005 by an electoral college of commune and provincial councils.^[1] The National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), which obtained the majority of seats in communal elections held in June, won an overwhelming majority (30) of the seats. The Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU) won 3 seats, while the remaining seat went the National Council for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD), a breakaway faction of the CNDD-FDD.

Following the National Assembly elections, the Senate was indirectly elected on 29 July. Of the 49 Senate members, 34 were elected by electoral colleges formed by councillors, three were co-opted Twas, four were former Presidents, and eight further members were co-opted to ensure that at least 30% of its members were women.^[2] A total of 119 candidates stood for election to the Senate.^[3]

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Elected	Co-opted	Total
	CNDD–FDD			30	2	32
	Front for Democracy in Burundi			3	2	5
	National Council for the Defense of Democracy			1	2	3
	Union for National Progress			0	2	2
Co-opted Twa members				–	3	3
Former presidents				–	4	4
Total				34	15	49
Valid votes		1,097	50.76
Invalid/blank votes		1,064	49.24
Total votes		2,161	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,225	67.01
Source: African Elections Database, IPU

Members of the post-transitional senate elected in 2005 were:^[4]