1995 Tanzanian general election

General elections were held in Tanzania on 29 October and 29 November 1995. They were the first multi-party general elections after the lifting of the ban on political parties other than Chama Cha Mapinduzi in 1992. Nevertheless, 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 constituencies. 182 of the constituencies were on the mainland, and 50 on Zanzibar.

After the election, 37 additional seats for women MPs were awarded to the parties based on the proportion of seats in the National Assembly, while five members were elected by the House of Representatives of Zanzibar and ten members were nominated by the President. The Attorney General was also an ex-officio member, resulting in a total number of MPs of 285.

Voter turnout was 77% of the 8,928,826 registered voters.

Results

Presidential election

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Benjamin Mkapa	Chama Cha Mapinduzi	4,026,422	61.82
Augustine Mrema	National Convention for Construction and Reform–Mageuzi	1,808,616	27.77
Ibrahim Lipumba	Civic United Front	418,973	6.43
John Cheyo	United Democratic Party	258,734	3.97
Invalid/blank votes		333,936	-
Total		6,846,681	100
Source: African Elections Database

National Assembly

Party	Votes	%	Seats	Additional seats for women MPs
Chama Cha Mapinduzi	3,814,206	59.22	186	28
National Convention for Construction and Reform–Mageuzi	1,406,343	21.83	16	3
Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo	396,825	6.16	3	1
Civic United Front	323,432	5.02	24	4
United Democratic Party	213,547	3.32	3	1
Tanzania Democratic Alliance	76,636	1.19	0	0
National Reconstruction Alliance	60,707	0.94	0	0
Union for Multiparty Democracy	41,257	0.64	0	0
Tanzania Labour Party	27,963	0.43	0	0
National League for Democracy	26,666	0.41	0	0
United People's Democratic Party	19,841	0.31	0	0
Popular National Party	18,155	0.28	0	0
Progressive Party of Tanzania–Maendeleo	15,335	0.24	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	405,768	-	-	-
Total	6,846,681	100	232	37
Source: EISA