Election of the President.

(1) The election of the President shall be by universal adult suffrage through a secret ballot. (2) A person shall not be a candidate in a presidential election unless— (a) that person submits to the Electoral Commission on or before the day appointed as nomination day in relation to the election, a document which is signed by that person nominating him or her as a candidate; and (b) the nomination is supported by one hundred voters in each of at least two-thirds of all the districts in Uganda. (3) The election of the President shall be held during the first thirty days of the last ninety days before the expiration of the term of the President, except in the case of— (a) the first election under this Constitution; (b) an election held under article 104(6) of this Constitution; (c) an election held under article 109(2) of this Constitution; and (d) an election necessitated by the fact that a normal presidential election could not be held as a result of the existence of a state of war or a state of emergency, in which case, the election shall be held within such period as Parliament may, by law, prescribe. (4) A candidate shall not be declared elected as President unless the number of votes cast in favour of that candidate at the presidential election is more than 50 percent of valid votes cast at the election. (5) Where at a presidential election no candidate obtains the percentage of votes specified in clause (4) of this article, a second election shall be held within thirty days after the declaration of the results in which election the two candidates who obtained the highest number of votes shall be the only candidates. (6) The candidate who obtains the highest number of votes in an election under clause (5) of this article shall be declared elected President. (7) The Electoral Commission shall ascertain, publish and declare in writing under its seal, the results of the presidential election within forty-eight hours from the close of polling. (8) A person elected President during the term of a President shall assume office within twenty-four hours after the expiration of the term of the predecessor and in any other case, within twenty-four hours after being declared elected as President. (9) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament shall by law, prescribe the procedure for the election and assumption of office by a President.