2005 Tanzanian general election

none August 2022 Tanzania 2000 Tanzanian general election 2000 2005 12 14 yes 2010 Tanzanian general election 2010 yes presidential Presidential election Jakaya Kikwete 2011 (cropped) (cropped).jpg Jakaya Kikwete Chama Cha Mapinduzi 9,123,952 80.28% Ibrahim Lipumba (portrait).jpg Ibrahim Lipumba Civic United Front 1,327,125 11.68% President Benjamin Mkapa Chama Cha Mapinduzi Jakaya Kikwete Chama Cha Mapinduzi General elections were held in Tanzania on 14 December 2005. Originally scheduled for 30 October, the elections were postponed due to the death of CHADEMA vice-presidential candidate Jumbe Mohamed Jumbe.United Republic of Tanzania (Bunge): Elections held in 2005 http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2337_05.htm 2021-10-12 Inter-Parliamentary Union The elections were the third since the country returned to multi-party rule in 1992. Incumbent President Benjamin Mkapa stepped down after two consecutive terms in accordance with the constitution. Elections for the Presidency of Zanzibar and its House of Representatives took place on 30 October, as scheduled. The presidential election was won by Jakaya Kikwete of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), who received 80% of the vote, with Ibrahim Lipumba of the Civic United Front finishing second with 12%. In the parliamentary elections, the CCM won 264 of the 323 seats in the National Assembly. Presidential candidates Union Jakaya Kikwete – Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) Paul Henry Kyara – Sauti ya Umma (SAU) Ibrahim Lipumba – Civic United Front (CUF) Emmanuel Makaidi – National League for Democracy (NLD) Freeman Mbowe – Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) Augustine Mrema – Tanzania Labour Party (TLP) Christopher Mtikila – Democratic Party (DP) Sengondo Mvungi – National Convention for Construction and Reform-Mageuzi (NCCR-Mageuzi). He was also supported by the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy (FORD), National Reconstruction Alliance (NRA), Union for Multiparty Democracy (UMD), and United People's Democratic Party (UPDP). Anna Senkoro – Progressive Party of Tanzania-Maendeleo (PPT-Maendeleo) Leonard Shayo – Demokrasia Makini (MAKINI) Zanzibar Amani Abeid Karume – Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) Seif Shariff Hamad – Civic United Front (CUF) Haji Mussa Kitole – Jahazi Asilia Abdallah Ali Abdallah – Democratic Party (DP) Mariam Omar – Sauti ya Umma (SAU) Simai Abdulrahman Abdallah – National Reconstruction Alliance (NRA) Results President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete Ali Mohamed Shein Chama Cha Mapinduzi 9123952 Ibrahim Lipumba Juma Duni Haji Civic United Front 1327125 Freeman Mbowe Anna Komu Chadema 668756 Augustine Mrema Omari Rukia Tanzania Labour Party 84901 Sengondo Mvungi Naila Majid Jiddawi NCCR–Mageuzi 55819 Mchungaji Augustine Mtikila Soud Said Said Democratic Party 31083 Emmanuel Makaidi Mohamed Ali Kassim National League for Democracy 21574 Anna Senkoro Yusuph Mchenga Progressive Party of Tanzania – Maendeleo 18783 Leonard Shayo Hussein Ali Suleiman Demokrasia Makini 17070 Paul Henry Kyara Ramadhani Haji Sauti ya Umma 16414 510450 16401694 African Elections Database Parliament File:Tanzanian National Assembly 2005.svg Constituency Women Total +/– Chama Cha Mapinduzi 7579897 206 58 264 +21 Civic United Front 1542254 19 11 30 +9 Chadema 888133 5 6 11 +6 Tanzania Labour Party 306219 1 0 1 –4 NCCR–Mageuzi 239452 0 0 0 –1 United Democratic Party 155887 1 0 1 –3 Chama cha Haki na Ustawi 38085 0 0 0 New Jahazi Asilia 21042 0 0 0 New Progressive Party of Tanzania – Maendeleo 13532 0 0 0 0 Democratic Party 11876 0 0 0 New Tanzania Democratic Alliance 6845 0 0 0 0 Sauti ya Umma 6085 0 0 0 New National League for Democracy 6054 0 0 0 0 United People's Democratic Party 5456 0 0 0 0 National Reconstruction Alliance 3459 0 0 0 0 Demokrasia Makini 2102 0 0 0 New Forum for Restoration of Democracy 1625 0 0 0 New Union for Multiparty Democracy 1510 0 0 0 New Presidential appointees – – 10 0 Elected by Zanzibar House of Representatives – – 5 0 Attorney-General – – 1 0 232 75 323 +28 608837 16425913 EISA Zanzibar President Amani Abeid Karume Chama Cha Mapinduzi 239832 Seif Shariff Hamad Civic United Front 207733 Haji Mussa Kitole Jahazi Asilia 2110 Abdallah Ali Abdallah Democratic Party  509 Simai Abdulrahman Abdallah National Reconstruction Alliance 449 Mariam Omar Sauti ya Umma 335 9613 507225 EISA Zanzibar House of Representatives Chama Cha Mapinduzi 228159 30 Civic United Front 197810 19 Others 12653 0 6251 506985 EISA Note: A re-run of the invalidated election took place on 14 December 2005. See also List of Tanzania National Assembly members 2005–2010 References External links Uchaguzi Tanzania (in Swahili) https://web.archive.org/web/20080213010303/http://www.uchaguzitanzania.com/ 2008-02-13 Chama Cha Mapinduzi official site (in Swahili) Chama cha Democracia na Maendeleo (in Swahili) https://web.archive.org/web/20071211070104/http://www.chadema.net/ 2007-12-11 Civic United Front official site (in English/Swahili) National Electoral Commission Category:Presidential elections in Tanzania Category:Parliamentary elections in Tanzania Tanzania Tanzania