Parliamentary elections were held in Burundi on 5 June 2025 to elect members of the National Assembly and communal councils. The election took place amid a deepening socio-economic crisis and was marked by the effective exclusion of the main opposition party, the National Congress for Liberty (CNL), resulting in an expected victory for the ruling CNDD-FDD party.

Burundi has experienced decades of political instability, ethnic violence, and authoritarian rule. Since 2005, the CNDD-FDD has dominated Burundian politics. The 2025 election was the first parliamentary vote since President Évariste Ndayishimiye took office in 2020, succeeding Pierre Nkurunziza.

On 11 June the electoral commission announced that the ruling CNDD-FDD had won all seats in the National Assembly with 97% of the vote, as no other party had reached the 2% threshold. Opposition parties declared the results fraudulent and said the election had been rigged.

 Sources and further reading:

Burundi’s ruling party wins every seat in poll as rivals say democracy ‘killed’, BBC News, 12.06.2025

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wgzvn20gdo

Burundi’s ruling party wins all seats in parliamentary vote as opposition cries foul, France24, 11.06.2025

https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250611-burundi-s-ruling-party-wins-all-seats-in-parliamentary-vote-as-opposition-cries-foul