2010 Tanzanian general election

31 October 2010 (2010-10-31)

Presidential election

Nominee Jakaya Kikwete Willibrod Slaa Party CCM CHADEMA Popular vote 5,276,827 2,271,491 Percentage 62.83% 27.05%

President before election Jakaya Kikwete CCM Elected President Jakaya Kikwete CCM

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General elections were held in Tanzania on 31 October 2010.^[1] The presidential elections were won by the incumbent President Jakaya Kikwete of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party (CCM), who received 63% of the vote. The parliamentary elections resulted in a victory for the CCM, which won 186 of the 239 elected seats.

In the elections in semi-autonomous Zanzibar, Ali Mohamed Shein of the CCM won the presidential election, whilst the CCM also won the most seats in the House of Representatives.

Electoral system

For the 2010 elections, the National Assembly had 317 members, of which 239 (up from 232) were elected by plurality voting in single-member constituencies, 102 were reserved for women, five elected by the House of Representatives of Zanzibar and up to seven appointed by the president.^[2] The Attorney General is also a member of the Assembly.^[2]

The Zanzibar House of Representatives had 50 elected members, ten appointed by the President, and 15 seats for women. The women's seats were assigned to parties which won seats in the House, and distributed in proportion to the number of seats held by each party.^[3] The House also had six ex officio members, the Attorney General and five Regional Commissioners.

Results

National Assembly

Main article: List of MPs elected in the 2010 Tanzania general election

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Constituency	Women	Total	+/–
	Chama Cha Mapinduzi	4,641,830	60.20	186	67	253	–11
	Chadema	1,839,569	23.86	23	25	48	+37
	Civic United Front	818,122	10.61	24	10	34	+4
	NCCR–Mageuzi	193,738	2.51	4	0	4	+4
	United Democratic Party	113,148	1.47	1	0	1	0
	Tanzania Labour Party	51,003	0.66	1	0	1	0
	National League for Democracy	14,511	0.19	0	0	0	0
	Democratic Party	6,412	0.08	0	0	0	0
	Progressive Party of Tanzania – Maendeleo	5,727	0.07	0	0	0	0
	United People's Democratic Party	4,781	0.06	0	0	0	0
	Association of Farmers Party	4,442	0.06	0	0	0	New
	Jahazi Asilia	3,972	0.05	0	0	0	0
	Sauti ya Umma	3,712	0.05	0	0	0	0
	Chama cha Haki na Ustawi	2,483	0.03	0	0	0	0
	Demokrasia Makini	2,376	0.03	0	0	0	0
	Tanzania Democratic Alliance	2,146	0.03	0	0	0	0
	National Reconstruction Alliance	1,375	0.02	0	0	0	0
	Union for Multiparty Democracy	1,102	0.01	0	0	0	0
Presidential appointees				–	–	10	0
Elected by Zanzibar House of Representatives				–	–	5	0
Attorney-General				–	–	1	0
Total		7,710,449	100.00	239	102	357	+34
Valid votes		7,710,449	96.43
Invalid/blank votes		285,476	3.57
Total votes		7,995,925	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,137,303	39.71
Source: National Electoral Commission, IPU

Aftermath

Kikwete's swearing-in ceremony took place on 6 November 2010 at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam.^[4]

See also

• Salum Khalfani Bar'wan, a member of the Civic United Front elected from the Lindi Urban constituency; the first person with albinism elected to the National Assembly of Tanzania.

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