2010 Tanzanian general election

General elections were held in Tanzania on 31 October 2010.[1] The presidential elections were won by the incumbent President Jakaya Kikwete of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party (CCM), who received 63% of the vote. The parliamentary elections resulted in a victory for the CCM, which won 186 of the 239 elected seats.

2010 Tanzanian general election

31 October 2010 (2010-10-31)
 
Nominee Jakaya Kikwete Willibrod Peter Slaa
Party CCM CHADEMA
Popular vote 5,276,827 2,271,491
Percentage 62.83% 27.05%

President before election

Jakaya Kikwete
CCM

Elected President

Jakaya Kikwete
CCM

In the elections in semi-autonomous Zanzibar, Ali Mohamed Shein of the CCM won the presidential election, whilst the CCM also won the most seats in the House of Representatives.

Electoral system

For the 2010 elections, the National Assembly had 317 members, of which 239 (up from 232) were elected by plurality voting in single-member constituencies, 102 were reserved for women, five elected by the House of Representatives of Zanzibar and up to seven appointed by the president.[2] The Attorney General is also a member of the Assembly.[2]

The Zanzibar House of Representatives had 50 elected members, ten appointed by the President, and 15 seats for women. The women's seats were assigned to parties which won seats in the House, and distributed in proportion to the number of seats held by each party.[3] The House also had six ex officio members, the Attorney General and five Regional Commissioners.

Results

President

CandidateRunning matePartyVotes%
Jakaya Mrisho KikweteMohamed Gharib BilalChama Cha Mapinduzi5,276,82762.83
Willibrod Peter SlaaSaid Mzee SaidChadema2,271,49127.05
Ibrahim Haruna LipumbaJuma Duni HajiCivic United Front695,6678.28
Peter Mziray Kuga?Progressive Party of Tanzania – Maendeleo96,9321.15
Hashim Spunda Rungwe?NCCR–Mageuzi26,3880.31
Muttamwega Bhatt Mgaywa?Tanzania Labour Party17,4820.21
Yahmi Nassoro Dovutwa?United People's Democratic Party13,1760.16
Total8,397,963100.00
Valid votes8,397,96397.36
Invalid/blank votes227,8892.64
Total votes8,625,852100.00
Registered voters/turnout20,137,30342.84
Source: African Elections Database

National Assembly

Party Votes % Seats
Elected Women Appointed Total +/–
Chama Cha Mapinduzi4,641,83060.20186676259–5
Chadema1,839,56923.862325048+37
Civic United Front818,12210.612410236+6
NCCR–Mageuzi193,7382.514004+4
United Democratic Party113,1481.4710010
Tanzania Labour Party51,0030.6610010
National League for Democracy14,5110.1900000
Democratic Party6,4120.0800000
Progressive Party of Tanzania – Maendeleo5,7270.0700000
United People's Democratic Party4,7810.060000New
Association of Farmers Party4,4420.060000New
Jahazi Asilia3,9720.050000New
Sauti ya Umma3,7120.0500000
Chama cha Haki na Ustawi2,4830.030000New
Demokrasia Makini2,3760.0300000
Tanzania Democratic Alliance2,1460.030000New
National Reconstruction Alliance1,3750.030000New
Union for Multiparty Democracy1,1020.010000New
Attorney-General110
Invalid/blank votes285,476
Total7,995,9251002391027350+26
Registered voters/turnout20,137,30339.71
National Electoral Commission, IPU

Zanzibar

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Ali Mohamed SheinChama Cha Mapinduzi179,80950.11
Seif Sharif HamadCivic United Front176,33849.14
Kassim Bakari AliJahazi Asilia8030.22
Haji Khamis HajiNational Reconstruction Alliance5250.15
Juma Ali KhatibTanzania Democratic Alliance4970.14
Said Soud SaidAssociation of Farmers Party4800.13
Ambar Haji KhamisNCCR–Mageuzi3630.10
Invalid/blank votes6,109
Total364,924100
Registered voters/turnout407,65889.52
Source: African Elections Database

House of Representatives

Party Votes % Seats
Elected Women Appointed Total +/–
Chama Cha Mapinduzi178,09150.252811847
Civic United Front168,08247.43229233
Jahazi Asilia3,5671.010
Chadema2,1750.610
NCCR–Mageuzi1,0460.300
Tanzania Democratic Alliance6510.180
Tanzania Labour Party2670.080
Sauti ya Umma1600.050
National Reconstruction Alliance1110.030
Association of Farmers Party910.030
Demokrasia Makini840.020
Democratic Party610.020
Other parties7,5772.140
Speaker1
Ex officio member (Attorney General)1
Invalid/blank votes
Total354,386100502010820
Registered voters/turnout407,658
Source: African Elections Database

Aftermath

Kikwete's swearing-in ceremony took place on 6 November 2010 at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam.[4]

See also

  • Salum Khalfani Bar'wan, a member of the Civic United Front elected from the Lindi Urban constituency; the first person with albinism elected to the National Assembly of Tanzania.

References

  1. Tanzania IFES
  2. Bunge (National Assembly) IPU
  3. Composition Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Zanzibar House of Representatives
  4. Tanzania's re-elected president Kikwete sworn in Xinhua, 6 November 2010

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