2000 Tanzanian general election

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2000 Tanzanian general election
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  1995 29 October 2000 (2000-10-29) 2005  
Presidential election
  Benjamin Mkapa 2010-05-07.jpg
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Nominee Benjamin Mkapa Ibrahim Lipumba
Party CCM Civic United Front
Popular vote5,863,2011,329,077
Percentage71.74%16.26%

President before election

Benjamin Mkapa
CCM

Elected President

Benjamin Mkapa
CCM

General elections were held in Tanzania on 29 October 2000, with sixteen constituencies in Zanzibar voting again on 5 November due to problems with distributing election material. [1] The second general elections since the restoration of multi-party democracy in 1992, they were won by the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, which claimed 202 of the 231 constituency seats in the National Assembly, and whose candidate, Benjamin Mkapa, won the presidential election.

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After the election, 48 additional seats for women MPs were awarded to the parties based on the proportion of seats in the National Assembly, whilst five members were elected by the House of Representatives of Zanzibar, ten members were nominated by the President, and the Attorney General was also an ex officio member, giving a total number of MPs of 285. [2]

Voter turnout was 84.43% of the 10,088,484 registered voters. [2]

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Benjamin Mkapa Chama Cha Mapinduzi 5,863,20171.74
Ibrahim Lipumba Civic United Front 1,329,07716.26
Augustino Mrema NCCR–Mageuzi 637,1157.80
John Cheyo United Democratic Party 342,8914.20
Total8,172,284100.00
Valid votes8,172,28495.95
Invalid/blank votes345,3144.05
Total votes8,517,598100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,088,48484.43
Source: [1] [3]

National Assembly

PartyVotes%Seats
ConstituencyWomenTotal+/–
Chama Cha Mapinduzi 4,628,12765.1920241243+29
Civic United Front 890,04412.5417421–7
Tanzania Labour Party 652,5049.19415+5
United Democratic Party 315,3034.443140
Chadema 300,5674.23415+1
NCCR–Mageuzi 256,5913.61101–18
United People's Democratic Party 14,7890.210000
Popular National Party 11,7310.170000
Progressive Party of Tanzania – Maendeleo 10,2060.140000
Tanzania Democratic Alliance 9,6470.140000
Union for Multiparty Democracy 7,5500.110000
National League for Democracy 2,5070.040000
National Reconstruction Alliance700.000000
Presidential appointees100
Elected by Zanzibar House of Representatives50
Attorney-General10
Total7,099,636100.0023148295+10
Valid votes7,099,63695.39
Invalid/blank votes343,1624.61
Total votes7,442,798100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,088,48473.78
Source: [2]

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