Burundi ruling party wins all seats in legislative vote

Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye casts his ballot during the Burundi legislative elections at Musama Primary School in Gitega on June 5, 2025. [AFP]

Burundi's veteran ruling party won every seat in last week's parliamentary elections, the electoral commission said Wednesday, in a vote critics and observers say was tainted by irregularities.

"Nationally, the CNDD-FDD came first with 96.51 percent of the vote," election commission chief Prosper Ntahorwamiye said in a live televised ceremony.