Elections in Tanzania

Elections in Tanzania occur on both the local and national levels. The local government holds elections for street or village chair people. General elections at the national level elect the President and the members of the National Assembly. The president is elected for a five-year term.

Latest election

Presidental

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	John Magufuli	Samia Suluhu	Chama cha Mapinduzi	12,516,252	84.40
	Tundu Lissu	Salum Mwalimu Juma	Chadema	1,933,271	13.04
	Bernard Kamillius Membe	Omar Fakih Hamad	Alliance for Change and Transparency	81,129	0.55
	Leopord Lucas Mahona	Khamis Ali Hassan	National Reconstruction Alliance	80,787	0.54
	Ibrahim Lipumba	Hamida Huweishil Abdalla	Civic United Front	72,885	0.49
	John Paul Shibuda	Hassan Kornely Kijogoo	Tanzania Democratic Alliance	33,086	0.22
	Hashim Spunda Rungwe	Mohammed Massoud Rashid	Chama cha Ukombozi wa Umma	32,878	0.22
	Yeremia Kulwa Maganja	Khamis Haji Ambar	NCCR–Mageuzi	19,969	0.13
	Muttamwega Bhatt Mgaywa	Satia Mussa Bebwa	Sauti ya Umma	14,922	0.10
	Cecilia Augustino Mwanga	Tabu Mussa Juma	Attentive Democracy Party	14,556	0.10
	Philipo John Fumbo	Zaina Juma Khamis	Democratic Party (Tanzania)	8,283	0.06
	Queen Cuthbert Sendiga	Khamis Juma Shoka	Alliance for Democratic Change	7,627	0.05
	Twalib Ibrahim Kadege	Ramadhan Ali Abdallah	United People's Democratic Party	6,194	0.04
	Seif Maalim Seif	Rashid Ligania Rai	Alliance for African Farmers Party	4,635	0.03
	Khalfan Mohammed Mazrui	Mashavu Alawi Haji	Union for Multiparty Democracy	3,721	0.03
Total				14,830,195	100.00

National Assembly

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Constituency	Women	Total
	Chama Cha Mapinduzi	12,516,252	85.59	256	94	350
	Chadema	1,933,271	13.22	1	19	20
	Alliance for Change and Transparency	81,129	0.55	5	0	5
	Civic United Front	72,885	0.50	2	0	2
	NCCR–Mageuzi	19,969	0.14	0	0	0
Presidential appointees				–	–	10
Elected by Zanzibar House of Representatives				–	–	5
Attorney-General				–	–	1
Total		14,623,506	100.00	264	113	393

The National Assembly

The National Assembly, or Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano, has 323 members: 232 members elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies and 75 seats allocated to women who are elected by the political parties that are represented in the National Assembly. This depends on the majority of elected members from each political party, including the elected members from Zanzibar specific for the United Republic of Tanzania. The President appoints ministers of government from among members of the National Assembly. The Attorney General is automatically entitled to be part of the Parliament. The Prime Minister, appointed by the President from among members of the National Assembly, is the principal officer of the government business in the National Assembly.

Party System

Tanzania has a dominant-party system with Chama Cha Mapinduzi in power (Status 2020). Chadema, NCCR–Mageuzi, and CUF are some other opposition parties represented in the National Assembly

The next general election in Tanzania will be in 2025.

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• African Elections Database