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Burundi runoff 2027

Polling day Date not yet official. Counted by Independent National Electoral Commission. Times are Bujumbura time; hover for UTC.

Held only if no candidate wins an absolute majority of votes cast on 3 May 2027. The two leading candidates go through, and the one with a relative majority wins (Code électoral art. 91: the second round is held 'dans un délai de quinze jours'). The Constitutional Court's ruling on the first round announces it, which the CENI calendar plans for 18 May 2027.

11–20 Jun 2027

Final result window, set by the law or the authority. Treat as final after Bujumbura time.

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Results page
No single-election results page yet.
Authority site: ceniburundi.bi

Count stages

1 Jun8 Jun15 Jun
Election-night count
5–10 JunElection-night count: Sat 5 Jun, 00:00 → Thu 10 Jun, 23:59, announced.
Final result
11–20 JunFinal result: Fri 11 Jun, 00:00 → Sun 20 Jun, 23:59, announced.
announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateBujumbura time. Polls close in 250 days.
Stage windows and their sources 2 stages, each cited
  1. Election-night count
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    CENI calendar 2027, second round: results are centralised 1–5 June, then the CENI consolidates and proclaims the provisional results on 6–7 June (Code électoral art. 72). The law sets no deadline for this step. No second-round precedent was checked. The window opens on 5 June local, one day before the calendar, and closes at the end of 10 June local. Provisional, not the final result.
    Replaced on the live page by the final result from .
  2. Final result
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    announced
    The Constitutional Court proclaims the final result no later than the 9th calendar day after the CENI transmits it (Code électoral arts. 76–77), after a 3-day petition window (art. 85) and up to 8 days of review (art. 87). CENI calendar 2027: transmission 8 June, petitions 8–10 June, review 8–15 June, final results 16 June 2027. The window opens on 11 June local, after the petition period, and closes at the end of 20 June local, four days after the calendar date. The backstop is the oath, which the CENI fixes for 18 June 2027 to keep to the constitutional term (CENI news, 8 May 2026; Code électoral art. 93).
Results sources 5 pages, 0 can answer a results question
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ceniburundi.bi/calendrier-electoral-de-2027timetableotherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
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ceniburundi.bi/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Burundi-code-electoral-2019.pdftimetableotherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2027_Burundian_presidential_electionsee-alsootherno (election page without a results marker)not checked yet
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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-09-25: CENI Calendrier électoral 2027 (PDF, May 2026), CENI news 8 May 2026, Code électoral (Loi organique n° 1/11 du 20 mai 2019, CENI PDF) arts. 72, 76, 77, 85, 87, 91, 93 (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Last verified 2026-09-25.

Questions and answers

When is the Burundi runoff 2027?
Polling day is 2027-06-01, not yet officially confirmed. Held only if no candidate wins an absolute majority of votes cast on 3 May 2027. The two leading candidates go through, and the one with a relative majority wins (Code électoral art. 91: the second round is held 'dans un délai de quinze jours'). The Constitutional Court's ruling on the first round announces it, which the CENI calendar plans for 18 May 2027.
When will the final result of the President race be official?
Expected between 2027-06-10T22:00:00Z and 2027-06-20T21:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. The Constitutional Court proclaims the final result no later than the 9th calendar day after the CENI transmits it (Code électoral arts. 76–77), after a 3-day petition window (art. 85) and up to 8 days of review (art. 87). CENI calendar 2027: transmission 8 June, petitions 8–10 June, review 8–15 June, final results 16 June 2027. The window opens on 11 June local, after the petition period, and closes at the end of 20 June local, four days after the calendar date. The backstop is the oath, which the CENI fixes for 18 June 2027 to keep to the constitutional term (CENI news, 8 May 2026; Code électoral art. 93).
Where are the official President results?
No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Independent National Electoral Commission (https://www.ceniburundi.bi/).