Tanganyika African National Union

Tanganyika African National Union
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The Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) was the principal political party in the struggle for sovereignty in the

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Julius Nyerere was the first President of Tanzania, serving from the 1960s to 1985. In 1962, Nyerere and TANU created the Ministry of National Culture and Youth. Nyerere felt the creation of the ministry was necessary in order to deal with some of the challenges and contradictions of building a nation-state and a national culture after 70 years of colonialism.^[2] The government of Tanzania sought to create an innovative public space where Tanzanian popular culture could develop and flourish. By incorporating the varied traditions and customs of all the people of Tanzania, Nyerere hoped to promote a sense of pride, thus creating a national culture.^[3]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Party candidate	Votes	%	Result
1962	Julius Nyerere	1,127,987	99.2%	Elected Y
1965		2,520,904	96.5%	Elected Y
1970		3,220,636	96.7%	Elected Y
1975		4,172,267	93.3%	Elected Y

Bunge elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Outcome
1958–59	Julius Nyerere	47,685	74.4%	30 / 64	30	1st	Supermajority government
1960		100,581	82.8%	70 / 71	40	1st	Supermajority government
1965		2,263,830	100% in alliance with ASP	188 / 188	118	1st	Sole legal party
1970			66.6% in alliance with ASP	106 / 106	82	1st	Sole legal party
1975		4,474,267	100% in alliance with ASP	223 / 223	117	1st	Sole legal party

Note

In the

TANU won all seats the remaining 34 seats were appointed

The Afro Shirazi party was the sole legal party in Zanzibar which is an autonomous region

References

External links

• http://www.tanserve.com/facts/index_files/history.htm