1995 Tanzanian general election

none Tanzania 1990 Tanzanian general election 1990 1995 10 29 yes 2000 Tanzanian general election 2000 yes Presidential election presidential 130x130px Benjamin Mkapa 2010-05-07.jpg Benjamin Mkapa Chama Cha Mapinduzi 4,026,422 61.82% 3x4.svg Augustino Mrema NCCR–Mageuzi 1,808,616 27.77% Ibrahim Lipumba (portrait).jpg Ibrahim Lipumba Civic United Front 418,973 6.43% 1995 Tanzanian presidential election by region.svg Results by region President Ali Hassan Mwinyi Chama Cha Mapinduzi Benjamin Mkapa Chama Cha Mapinduzi General elections were held in Tanzania on 29 October.Richey Lisa Ponte Stefano 1996 The 1995 Tanzania Union Elections https://www.jstor.org/stable/4006231 Review of African Political Economy 23 67 80–87 0305-6244 They were the first multi-party general elections after the lifting of the ban on political parties other than Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) in 1992. However, the results were declared null and void by the National Electoral Commission due to failures to provide ballots to many polling places.1996 Election Watch https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/697484 Journal of Democracy 7 1 1086-3214 As a result, the elections were re-run on 29 November. The CCM retained its control of the country, with its candidate Benjamin Mkapa winning the presidential election, and the party winning 186 of the 232 directly-elected seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 77% of the 8,929,969 registered voters. Electoral system The National Assembly consisted of 232 directly-elected seats (182 on the mainland and 50 on Zanzibar), 37 seats for women MPs allocated based on the proportion constituency seats won, five members were elected by the House of Representatives of Zanzibar and ten members nominated by the President. The Attorney General was also an ex-officio member, resulting in a total of 285 MPs. Conduct The election was characterized by irregularities.Mwase Ngila and Raphael Mary 2001 The 1995 presidential elections in Tanzania https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00358530120050099 The Round Table 90 359 245–269 10.1080/00358530120050099 0035-8533 subscription In Zanzibar there was widespread allegations of vote-rigging, with the ruling CCM Zanzibar presidential candidate Salmin Amour being declared the victor by a margin of less than 1%. In protest, the losing candidate from the Zanzibar-based Civic United Front (CUF), Seif Shariff Hamad, refused to recognize Amour as president. The CUF boycotted the new government, resulting in 18 of their members being arrested and charged with treason. In June 1999 an agreement was reached between the CCM and the CUF, which led to an end of the CUF boycott."The Bullets Were Raining": The January 2001 Attack on Peaceful Demonstrators in Zanzibar https://www.hrw.org/report/2002/04/10/bullets-were-raining/january-2001-attack-peaceful-demonstrators-zanzibar Human Rights Watch 4 November 2025 10 April 2002 Results President Benjamin Mkapa Chama Cha Mapinduzi 4026422 Augustino Mrema NCCR–Mageuzi 1808616 Ibrahim Lipumba Civic United Front 418973 John Cheyo United Democratic Party 258734 333936 8929969 EISA, African Elections Database National Assembly Constitutency Women Total Chama Cha Mapinduzi 3814206 186 28 214 NCCR–Mageuzi 1406343 16 3 19 Chadema 396825 3 1 4 Civic United Front 323432 24 4 28 United Democratic Party 213547 3 1 4 Tanzania Democratic Alliance 76636 0 0 0 National Reconstruction Alliance 60707 0 0 0 Union for Multiparty Democracy 41257 0 0 0 Tanzania Labour Party 27963 0 0 0 National League for Democracy 26666 0 0 0 United People's Democratic Party 19841 0 0 0 Popular National Party 18155 0 0 0 Progressive Party of Tanzania – Maendeleo 15335 0 0 0 Presidential appointees – – 10 Elected by Zanzibar House of Representatives – – 5 Attorney-General – – 1 405768 8929969 232 37 285 EISA References 2 Category:Presidential elections in Tanzania Category:Parliamentary elections in Tanzania Tanzania General