1995 Tanzanian general election
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General elections were held in
mainland, and 50 on Zanzibar
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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 nominated by the President
. The Attorney General was also an ex-officio member, resulting in a total of 285 MPs.
Voter turnout was 77% of the 8,929,969 registered voters.
Results
President
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Benjamin Mkapa | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | 4,026,422 | 61.82 | |
Augustino Mrema | NCCR–Mageuzi | 1,808,616 | 27.77 | |
Ibrahim Lipumba | Civic United Front | 418,973 | 6.43 | |
John Cheyo | United Democratic Party | 258,734 | 3.97 | |
Total | 6,512,745 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 6,512,745 | 95.12 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 333,936 | 4.88 | ||
Total votes | 6,846,681 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,929,969 | 76.67 | ||
Source: EISA, African Elections Database |
National Assembly
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Constitutency | Women | Total | ||||||
Chama Cha Mapinduzi | 3,814,206 | 59.22 | 186 | 28 | 214 | |||
NCCR–Mageuzi | 1,406,343 | 21.83 | 16 | 3 | 19 | |||
Chadema | 396,825 | 6.16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
Civic United Front | 323,432 | 5.02 | 24 | 4 | 28 | |||
United Democratic Party | 213,547 | 3.32 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
Tanzania Democratic Alliance | 76,636 | 1.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
National Reconstruction Alliance | 60,707 | 0.94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Union for Multiparty Democracy | 41,257 | 0.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Tanzania Labour Party | 27,963 | 0.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
National League for Democracy | 26,666 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
United People's Democratic Party | 19,841 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Popular National Party | 18,155 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Progressive Party of Tanzania – Maendeleo | 15,335 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Presidential appointees | – | – | 10 | |||||
Elected by Zanzibar House of Representatives | – | – | 5 | |||||
Attorney-General | – | – | 1 | |||||
Total | 6,440,913 | 100.00 | 232 | 37 | 285 | |||
Valid votes | 6,440,913 | 94.07 | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 405,768 | 5.93 | ||||||
Total votes | 6,846,681 | 100.00 | ||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,929,969 | 76.67 | ||||||
Source: EISA |