2015 Tanzanian parliamentary election

The Tanzanian parliamentary election of 2015 was held concurrently with the general election on 25 October 2015. Voting took place in all the 265 constituencies in order to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) to seats in the National Assembly.[1]

2015 Tanzanian parliamentary election
25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)
All 256 parliamentary constituency and 110 women's seats to the National Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party CCM CHADEMA CUF
Last election 259, 60.2% 48, 23.86% 35, 10.61
Seats won 252 70 42
Seat change 7 22 7
Popular vote 8,021,427 1,839,569 1,257,765
Percentage 55.04% 31.75% 8.63%
Swing 5.16% 7.89% 1.98%
Composition of parliament
Prime Minister before election

Mizengo Pinda
CCM

 Prime Minister

Kassim Majaliwa
CCM

In the last election, the nation's dominant ruling party, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) attained 186 of the 239 constituencies, thus achieving an outright majority.[2] Tanzania uses a parallel voting method for its legislative elections: most seats are elected by first-past-the-post voting, but the special seats reserved for women are elected by party-list proportional representation.[3] On 9 July 2015, outgoing President Jakaya Kikwete addressed Parliament for the last time before it being dissolved.[4]

CCM maintained its majority in parliament, but key figures in the previous cabinet suffered defeats in their constituencies.[5]

Background

The outgoing 10th Parliament was dominated by the CCM and led by Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda. The opposition bench was led by Freeman Mbowe and consisted of CHADEMA (49), Civic United Front (35), NCCR–Mageuzi (5), Tanzania Labour Party (1) and United Democratic Party (1).

Twenty-six new constituencies were created by the National Electoral Commission (NEC) and the names of ten constituencies were altered.[6] Four opposition parties with differing ideologies have agreed to form an alliance known as UKAWA and intend to nominate a single candidate in each constituency. The alliance consists of the conservative/centrist Chadema, the liberal Civic United Front (CUF), the social democratic NCCR–Mageuzi and the National League for Democracy (NLD).

More than 2,700 CCM members contested in the party's primaries in order to seek the party's nomination.[7] On 13 August 2015, CCM announced its candidates following its primaries.[8]

Defections

National Assembly
Party Votes % Seats
FPTP PR Total +/–
Chama Cha Mapinduzi8,021,42755.0418864252
Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo4,627,92331.75343670
Civic United Front1,257,7658.63321042
Alliance for Change and Transparency323,1122.22101
NCCR–Mageuzi218,2091.50101
Chama cha Ukombozi wa Umma23,0580.160000
Democratic Party14,4710.100000
United Democratic Party13,7570.09000–1
Tanzania Labour Party13,0980.09000–1
ADA–TADEA12,9790.090000
Alliance for Democratic Change12,4200.090000
Chama cha Haki na Ustawi8,2170.060000
Alliance for Tanzania Farmers Party7,4980.050000
United People's Democratic Party3,7720.030000
Jahazi Asilia3,3440.020000
Progressive Party of Tanzania – Maendeleo3,0370.020000
Chama Cha Kijamii2,3100.020000
National League for Democracy2,0820.010000
Union for Multiparty Democracy1,9750.010000
Sauti ya Umma1,8100.010000
National Reconstruction Alliance1,4670.010000
Demokrasia Makini1,2260.010000
Appointed––––10–
Invalid/blank votes–––––
Total14,574,957100256110366+17
Registered voters/turnout––––
Source: NEC, IPU

References
  1. Raphaely, Lawrence (26 May 2015). "NEC sets October 25 as general elections date". Daily News. Dar es Salaam. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  2. Freedom House (November 2011). Freedom in the World 2011: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 666–. ISBN 978-1-4422-0994-7.
  3. "Tanzania elections 2015". Tanzania Elections 2015: Ten Things You Need to Know. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  4. Peter, Felister (30 June 2015). "JK's final address to MPs lined up for next week". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  5. "Tanzania election: Government ministers suffer shock defeat". BBC News. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  6. "Majimbo Mapya" [New Constituencies] (PDF) (in Swahili). National Electoral Commission. 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  7. "CCM releases Bunge aspirants list". Daily News. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  8. "Majina Rasmi ya Wagombea Ubunge". Chama Cha Mapinduzi. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

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