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-- Ugandans voted Friday in a presidential election that could extend the term of the incumbent, who has been in power for 25 years.
A new term would give President Yoweri Museveni five more years.
This is the third consecutive time opposition front-runner Kizza Besigye has run against the incumbent.
The candidate -- a former doctor for Museveni -- lost presidential bids in 2001 and 2006.
There are a total of eight presidential candidates, said Margaret Wokuri, a spokeswoman for the opposition Inter-Party Cooperation.
Besigye's party said it anticipated rigging, an accusation the government has dismissed as trying to undermine the vote.
"We plan to have our own tally and release it in 24 hours," Wokuri said. "We cannot trust an electoral commission that was appointed by the ruling party. We have to have our own check mechanism."
Museveni, leader of the National Resistance Movement party, has led the country since a rebel group he was aligned with toppled the government in 1986.
He was once hailed for stabilizing Uganda and helping combat the AIDS epidemic, but has faced mounting criticism over corruption and lack of political transition in the country.
Parliament removed presidential term limits in the east African nation six years ago, essentially allowing the incumbent to run for office indefinitely.
About 14 million people are registered to vote in the presidential and parliamentary ballot.