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The National Assembly of Uganda has 292 members. 214 members are elected without party labels directly in single seat constituencies, while 78 members are elected from special interest groups. These include 53 District Women Representatives (one from each district), 10 army representatives, 5 youth representatives, 5 representatives from the disabled and 5 from trade unions.

After the 2005 Referendum, the composition of parliament has changed.

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'''Summary of the 23 February 2006 National Assembly of Uganda election results
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|style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|'''Parties
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9"  valign=top align=right|Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|%
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|Constituency
seats
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|District
woman reps.
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|Indirect
seats
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|Total
seats
|-
| align="left" | National Resistance Movement 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 142
| align="right" | 49
| align="right" | 14
| align="right" | 205
|-
| align="left" | Forum for Democratic Change
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 27
| align="right" | 10
| align="right" | - 
| align="right" | 37
|-
| align="left" | Uganda People's Congress 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9
| align="right" | -
| align="right" | -
| align="right" | 9
|-
| align="left" | Democratic Party 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8
| align="right" | -
| align="right" | -
| align="right" | 8
|-
| align="left" | Conservative Party 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | -
| align="right" | -
| align="right" | 1
|-
| align="left" | Justice Forum 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | -
| align="right" | -
| align="right" | 1
|-
| align="left" | Independents 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 26
| align="right" | 10
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | 37
|-
| align="left" | Vacant
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | -
| align="right" | -
| align="right" | 1
|-
|align="left" colspan=6|Uganda People's Defence Force Representatives
| align="right" |10
|-
|align="left" colspan=6|Ex-officio members
| align="right" |10
|-
|align="left" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 72 %)
|align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 
|align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 
|align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 215
|align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 69
|align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 15
|align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|319
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|align="left" colspan=7|Source: [Inter-Parliamentary Union]
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|align=left colspan=7|
Note on the Distribution of seats:
– Constituency seats refers to directly elected constituency representatives (215)
– District Woman Reps. refers to directly elected District Woman Representatives (69)
– Indirect seats include: Representatives of the Youth (5), Representatives of Persons with Disabilities (5), and Representatives of Workers (5)

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