1962 Tanganyikan presidential election

Presidential election in Tanganyika Tanganyika (1961–1964) 1 November 1962 1965 Tanzanian general election 1965 yes presidential Presidential election Julius Nyerere (1965).jpg Julius Nyerere Tanganyika African National Union 1,127,987 98.15% 120px Zuberi Mtemvu FF8800 ANC 21.276 1.85% 1962 Tanganyikan presidential election - Results by region.svg Results by region President Elizabeth II as Queen Julius Nyerere Tanganyika African National Union Presidential elections were held in Tanganyika on 1 November 1962. They were the first elections following independence the previous year and the decision to form a republic. Julius Nyerere, leader of the ruling Tanganyika African National Union and incumbent Prime Minister won easily with 98.15% of the vote.Elections in Tanzania https://web.archive.org/web/20051201210306/http://africanelections.tripod.com/tz.html#1962_Presidential_Election 2005-12-01 African Elections Database The vote share of more than 98% for Nyerere remains to this day the highest percentage of votes obtained by any candidate in Tanzania, even though it was ironically the only election in which he faced a rival. No further multi-party elections were held until 1995. Results Julius Nyerere Tanganyika African National Union 1127987 Zuberi Mtemvu African National Congress 21276 #FF8800 Nohlen et al. There were around 1.8 million registered voters.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p883 0-19-829645-2 References expanded Category:Presidential elections in Tanzania President Tanganyika Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Tanganyika