| width="38%" |Candidate | width="33%" style="text-align:center;" |Party | width="15%" style="text-align:center;" |Number of Votes | width="15%" style="text-align:center;" |% of Votes |
| style="background-color:#fff;" |Paul Kagame | style="background-color:#fff;" |Rwandan Patriotic Front | style="background-color:#fff;" |3,544,777 | style="background-color:#fff;" |95.05% |
| style="background-color:#fff;" |Faustin Twagiramungu | style="background-color:#fff;" |Independent | style="background-color:#fff;" |134,865 | style="background-color:#fff;" |3.62% |
| style="background-color:#fff;" |Jean-Npomuscne Nayinzira | style="background-color:#fff;" |Independent | style="background-color:#fff;" |49,634 | style="background-color:#fff;" |1.33% |
| style="background-color:#fff;" |Total Votes | style="background-color:#fff;" | | style="background-color:#fff;" |3,729,276 | style="background-color:#fff;" |100.0% |
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