2000 Tanzanian general election

General elections were held in Tanzania on 29 October 2000, with sixteen constituencies in Zanzibar voting again on 5 November due to problems with distributing election material. The second general elections since the restoration of multi-party democracy in 1992, they were won by the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, which claimed 202 of the 231 constituency seats in the National Assembly, and whose candidate, Benjamin Mkapa, winning the presidential election.

After the election, 48 additional seats for women MPs were awarded to the parties based on the proportion of seats in the National Assembly, whilst five members were elected by the House of Representatives of Zanzibar, ten members were nominated by the President, and the Attorney General was also an ex officio member, giving a total number of MPs of 285.

Voter turnout was 84.43% of the 10,088,484 registered voters.

Results

Presidential election

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Benjamin Mkapa	Chama Cha Mapinduzi	5,863,201	71.74
Ibrahim Lipumba	Civic United Front	1,329,077	16.26
Augustine Mrema	National Convention for Construction and Reform–Mageuzi	637,115	7.80
John Cheyo	United Democratic Party	342,891	4.20
Invalid/blank votes		345,314	-
Total		8,517,598	100
Source: EISA

National Assembly

Party	Votes	%	Seats	Additional seats for women MPs
Chama Cha Mapinduzi	4,628,127	65.19	202	41
Civic United Front	890,044	12.54	17	4
Tanzania Labour Party	652,504	9.19	4	1
United Democratic Party	315,303	4.44	3	1
Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo	300,567	4.23	4	1
National Convention for Construction and Reform–Mageuzi	256,591	3.61	1	0
United People's Democratic Party	14,789	0.21	0	0
Popular National Party	11,731	0.17	0	0
Progressive Party of Tanzania–Maendeleo	10,206	0.14	0	0
Tanzania Democratic Alliance	9,647	0.14	0	0
Union for Multiparty Democracy	7,550	0.11	0	0
National League for Democracy	2,507	0.04	0	0
National Reconstruction Alliance	70	0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	405,768	-	-	-
Total	7,099,636	100	231	37
Source: EISA