paul kagame won the popular vote in 2017 rwandan presidential election.
paul kagame won the popular vote in 2017 rwandan presidential election.
who won the popular vote in 2017 rwandan presidential election?
paul kagame
2017 rwandan presidential election









































presidential elections were held in rwanda on 4 august 2017. the incumbent president of rwanda, paul kagame, was re-elected to a third seven-year term with 98.79% of the vote.









































section::::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.









































section::::electoral system.









































the president of rwanda is elected in one round of voting by plurality.









































section::::candidates.
2017 rwandan presidential election
list of elections in 2017









































the following elections occurred in 2017.









































section::::africa.









































bullet::::- 2017 somali presidential election 8 february 2017









































bullet::::- 2017 gambian parliamentary election 6 april 2017









































bullet::::- 2017 algerian legislative election 4 may 2017









































bullet::::- 2017 lesotho general election 3 june 2017









































bullet::::- 2017 republic of the congo parliamentary election 16 and 30 july 2017









































bullet::::- saint helena, ascension and tristan da cunha: 2017 saint helena general election 26 july 2017









































bullet::::- 2017 senegalese parliamentary election 30 july 2017









































bullet::::- 2017 rwandan presidential election 4 august 2017









































bullet::::- 2017 kenyan general election 8 august 2017
list of elections in 2017