2005 Tanzanian general election

2005 Tanzanian general election
	14 December 2005
	14 December 2005
President before election; Benjamin Mkapa; CCM	Elected President ; Jakaya Kikwete; CCM

General elections were held in Tanzania on 14 December 2005. Originally scheduled for 30 October, the elections were postponed due to the death of a vice-presidential candidate. These polls were the third since the country returned to multiparty rule in 1992. They were also significant in that the incumbent President Benjamin Mkapa, who has served two consecutive terms, stepped down in accordance with the constitution. Elections for the Presidency of Zanzibar and its House of Representatives took place on 30 October, as scheduled.

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)

Election results

Union President


Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete	Ali Mohamed Shein	Chama Cha Mapinduzi	9,123,952	80.28
	Ibrahim Lipumba	Juma Duni Haji	Civic United Front	1,327,125	11.68
	Freeman Mbowe	Anna Komu	Chadema	668,756	5.88
	Augustine Mrema	Omari Rukia	Tanzania Labour Party	84,901	0.75
	Sengondo Mvungi	Naila Majid Jiddawi	NCCR–Mageuzi	55,819	0.49
	Mchungaji Augustine Mtikila	Soud Said Said	Democratic Party	31,083	0.27
	Emmanuel Makaidi	Mohamed Ali Kassim	National League for Democracy	21,574	0.19
	Anna Senkoro	Yusuph Mchenga	Progressive Party of Tanzania – Maendeleo	18,783	0.17
	Leonard Shayo	Hussein Ali Suleiman	Demokrasia Makini	17,070	0.15
	Paul Henry Kyara	Ramadhani Haji	Sauti ya Umma	16,414	0.14
Total				11,365,477	100.00

Valid votes				11,365,477	95.70
Invalid/blank votes				510,450	4.30
Total votes				11,875,927	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				16,401,694	72.41
Source: African Elections Database

Union Parliament

Summary of the 14 December 2005 National Assembly of Tanzania election results
Parties	Votes	%	Direct seats	Additional Women seats	Total seats
Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Revolutionary Party)	7,579,897	70.0	206	58	264
Civic United Front (Chama Cha Wananchi)	1,551,243	14.3	19	11	30
Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Party for Democracy and Progress)	888,133	8.2	5	6	11
Tanzania Labour Party	297,230	2.7	1	—	1
National Convention for Construction and Reform–Mageuzi	239,452	2.2	—	—	—
United Democratic Party	155,887	1.4	1	—	1
Others	117,671	1.2	—	—	—
Members nominated by the Union president					10
Representatives of the Zanzibar House of Representatives					5
Ex officio members					2
Total (turnout 72%)	10,829,513	100.0	232	75	324

Zanzibar President

Candidate	Party	Number of Votes	% of Votes
Amani Abeid Karume	Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)	239,832	53.18%
Seif Shariff Hamad	Civic United Front (CUF)	207,773	46.07%
Haji Mussa Kitole	Jahazi Asilia	2,110	0.48%
Abdallah Ali Abdallah	Democratic Party (DP)	509	0.11%
Simai Abdulrahman Abdallah	National Reconstruction Alliance (NRA)	449	0.10%
Mariam Omar	Sauti ya Umma (SAU)	335	0.07%
Total Votes		451,008
Voter Turnout		90.8%

Zanzibar House of Representatives

Party	Number of Seats (50)
Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)	30
Civic United Front (CUF)	19
Invalidated	01

Note: A re-run of the invalidated election took place on 14 December 2005.

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