‘Yet, opposition advances were cancelled out by Magufuli’s popularity in his native Lake Zone, limiting CHADEMA’s gains in Mara and Shinyanga regions.

‘Uniting behind the opposition presidential candidate, Edward Lowassa, who is from the Northern Zone, enabled CHADEMA to win a swathe of seats across Arusha, Kilimanjaro and Manyara regions. He got 31,546 votes in his Kigoma Central constituency compared with 17,344 for CCM and 12,077 for CHADEMA. "In Zanzibar, the local election commission stated that there had been "gross violations," and that the election had been annulled. ‘Nationally, CCM’s Magufuli proved more effective at “getting out the vote”. Tanzania election winner declared despite vote-rigging claims This article is more than 4 years old.

The CCM candidate obtained 16,617 and the one time very famous politician Augustine Mrema 6,416. All parties and their members have made great use of social media which has been a powerful influence to complement the traditional posters, newspapers, radio and television advertisements. However, the NEC and CCM dismissed allegations of rigging, with NEC Chairman Damian Labuva, stating "Claims of vote rigging highly misleading it is not true at all. In Zanzibar, the elections were also well managed but, as is usual in the Isles, the actions of the Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) described below, raised many questions.

The paper looked forward to a smooth transition of the kind that had been the hallmark of Tanzanian politics for many years.

These elections were one of the most competitive in the history of the country, owing to the emergence of a united opposition that was formed during the recent Mwanza, Tanzania’s second city, where he used to work as a chemist and teacher, remains in the hands of the ruling party.‘However, remarkable progress was made in the Southern Highlands, where CHADEMA won four parliamentary seats in Mbeya and one in Iringa region, in addition to taking control of the Mbeya and Iringa town councils.‘The Coast Zone also saw opposition gains: CHADEMA took five seats in Morogoro region; CUF took four in Lindi region; and both parties secured MPs in Mtwara.

CCM also alleged there were violations in at least four parliamentary constituencies it had lost and that it would go to court to contest the result, but added that the "elections were free and fair" and that voting reflected the will of the people. There was the possibility that it might face defeat on election day – October 25.

But he will be a lonely voice in parliament, as he was the only one of the ACT party candidates to win election. Kabwe said that he would support President Magufuli on the corruption issue.

Voters selected the fifth President and his running mate as the Vice President of Tanzania. He said he ‘wanted justice’. They must be happy with the results (which are given below). The police said that they were trying to establish the motivation behind their action, who the results were for, who paid for them and what they wanted to do with the results in future. UKAWA must have been disappointed by the results and Lowassa refused initially to accept them. Lowassa would reduce income tax. The ambitious leader of the new ACT – Wazalendo party, Zitto Kabwe MP, who was also Chairman of the influential Public Accounts Committee in the previous National Assembly and gained fame for his attacks on corruption, did well. Following the restoration of multi-party politics in 1992, it has retained its popularity and the voters' confidence, winning all of the past four general elections (held in More than forty members of the party contested in the In the last election, the CCM attained 186 of the 239 constituencies, thus achieving an outright Second-placed candidate Edward Lowassa called for a recount, citing irregularities.

He also promised to form a committee to resolve conflicts between pastoralists and farmers. “Why should we oppose him?” he asked.

Thousands of Christians in Tanzania reportedly have been banned from voting in the East African country’s upcoming general elections. The government had warned politicians to refrain from engaging in On 29 October, CCM's Magufuli was declared the winner ahead of Chadema's Lowassa, who has yet to concede amid a dispute.A new constitution was expected to have been adopted before the general election via a The proposed constitution adds the following criteria: both parents of the candidate ought to be citizens by birth; the candidate be of sound mind and either holds a The ruling CCM (and its predecessor parties) has dominated the political scene since the nation attained independence in 1961. The Commonwealth Observer Group you deployed to observe the elections in the United Republic of Tanzania on 25 October 2015 has completed its report, and is pleased to submit it to you. A member of Civic United Front (CUF) said that annulling the result was a ploy to re-run the election it has won.

"We demand that NEC should do a verification of the results and recount the votes." Of the 6.5 million additional votes cast in 2015 compared with 2010, 3.6 million went to Magufuli.’ The candidate for Vunjo, (Moshi) James Mbatia, leader of the small NCCR – Mageuzi party, won the seat easily with 60,187 votes. CHADEMA retained its seats in Ubongo and Kawe, won the new constituency of Kibamba, and took Ukonga from CCM.

Extracts from his paper: ‘United behind a common cause, and boasting a harmonised list of candidates UKAWA was able to compete in urban constituencies where CCM had hitherto been able to profit from a divided opposition.

... Tanzania…

He got only 5,980 votes compared with the 9,268 for CHADEMA. The opposition coalition of CHADEMA, CUF, NCCR – Mageuzi and the National League for Democracy (NLD) largely held together during the campaign as parties negotiated about the actual seats in which they would be allowed to stand. The elections The leaders of Tanzania’s ruling Chama cha Mageuzi (CCM) party must have been worried last October, in the face of what many expected to be a greatly strengthened opposition. 113].