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Tanzanian parliamentary election, 2015
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All 256 parliamentary constituency seats to the National Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party CCM Chadema CUF
Last election 265 49 35
Seats won 252 70 42
Composition of parliament
Prime Minister before election

Mizengo Pinda
CCM

Prime Minister

Kassim Majaliwa
CCM

The Tanzanian parliamentary election of 2015 was held concurrently with the general election on 25 October 2015. Voting took place in all the 265 constituencies in order to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) to seats in the National Assembly.[1]

In the last election, the nation's dominant ruling party, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) attained 186 of the 239 constituencies, thus achieving an outright majority.[2] Tanzania uses first-past-the-post voting method for its legislative elections. On 9 July 2015, outgoing President Jakaya Kikwete addressed Parliament for the last time before it being dissolved.[3]

CCM maintained its majority in parliament, but key figures in the previous cabinet suffered defeats in their constituencies.[4]

Background

The outgoing 10th Parliament was dominated by the CCM and led by Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda. The opposition bench was led by Freeman Mbowe and consisted of CHADEMA (49), Civic United Front (35), NCCR–Mageuzi (5), Tanzania Labour Party (1) and United Democratic Party (1).

Twenty-six new constituencies were created by the National Electoral Commission (NEC) and the names of ten constituencies were altered.[5] Four opposition parties with differing ideologies have agreed to form an alliance known as UKAWA and intend to nominate a single candidate in each constituency. The alliance consists of the conservative/centrist Chadema, the liberal Civic United Front (CUF), the social democratic NCCR–Mageuzi and the National League for Democracy (NLD).

More than 2,700 CCM members contested in the party's primaries in order to seek the party's nomination.[6] On 13 August 2015, CCM announced its candidates following its primaries.[7]

Defections

National Assembly

Party Votes % Seats
Elected Women Appointed Total +/–
Chama Cha Mapinduzi 8,021,427 55.04 188 64 252
Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo 4,627,923 31.75 34 36 70
Civic United Front 1,257,765 8.63 32 10 42
Alliance for Change and Transparency 323,112 2.22 1 0 1
NCCR–Mageuzi 218,209 1.50 1 0 1
Chama cha Ukombozi wa Umma 23,058 0.16 0 0 0 0 0
Democratic Party 14,471 0.10 0 0 0 0 0
United Democratic Party 13,757 0.09 0 0 0 0 –1
Tanzania Labour Party 13,098 0.09 0 0 0 0 –1
ADA–TADEA 12,979 0.09 0 0 0 0 0
Alliance for Democratic Change 12,420 0.09 0 0 0 0 0
Chama cha Haki na Ustawi 8,217 0.06 0 0 0 0 0
Alliance for Tanzania Farmers Party 7,498 0.05 0 0 0 0 0
United People's Democratic Party 3,772 0.03 0 0 0 0 0
Jahazi Asilia 3,344 0.02 0 0 0 0 0
Progressive Party of Tanzania – Maendeleo 3,037 0.02 0 0 0 0 0
Chama Cha Kijamii 2,310 0.02 0 0 0 0 0
National League for Democracy 2,082 0.01 0 0 0 0 0
Union for Multiparty Democracy 1,975 0.01 0 0 0 0 0
Sauti ya Umma 1,810 0.01 0 0 0 0 0
National Reconstruction Alliance 1,467 0.01 0 0 0 0 0
Demokrasia Makini 1,226 0.01 0 0 0 0 0
Invalid/blank votes – – – – – –
Total 14,574,957 100 256 110 10 367 +17
Registered voters/turnout – – – – –
Source: NEC, IPU

References

  1. ^ Raphaely, Lawrence (26 May 2015). "NEC sets October 25 as general elections date". Daily News. Dar es Salaam. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  2. ^ Freedom House (November 2011). Freedom in the World 2011: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 666–. ISBN 978-1-4422-0994-7.
  3. ^ Peter, Felister (30 June 2015). "JK's final address to MPs lined up for next week". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Tanzania election: Government ministers suffer shock defeat". BBC News. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Majimbo Mapya" [New Constituencies] (PDF) (in Swahili). National Electoral Commission. 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  6. ^ "CCM releases Bunge aspirants list". Daily News. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Majina Rasmi ya Wagombea Ubunge". Chama Cha Mapinduzi. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

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