Veteran leader declared winner with 60 percent of votes in election marred by violence and allegations of ballot fraud.
Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled Uganda for 30 years, has been re-elected the country's president in an election overshadowed by arrests of politicians and allegations of rigging.
The country's election body declared Museveni, 71, the winner on Saturday afternoon with more than 60 percent of the votes cast.
Museveni, a former rebel who seized power in 1986, was widely expected to win a fifth term, which will now extend his power into a fourth decade.
His closest rival, Kizza Besigye, 59, obtained about 35 percent of the vote. Shortly before the election result was declared, the country's security forces put Besigye under house arrest.
Police carried out multiple arrests of opposition activists, including Besigye, during the vote.
House arrest
Armed Police surrounds Besigye's house in Kampala
Police have arrested Besigye four times since the day of election and he is currently detained at his house in the capital Kampala.
Deserted Streets after Museveni is declared winner of the poll
Deserted Streets after Museveni is declared winner of the poll
Deserted Streets after Museveni is declared winner of the poll
Deserted Streets after Museveni is declared winner of the poll
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Deserted Streets after Museveni is declared winner of the poll
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