2020 Chama Cha Mapinduzi presidential primaries

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CCM Zanzibar presidential primaries, 2020
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Candidate Hussein Mwinyi Khalid Salum Mohamed Shamsi Vuai Nahodha
Party CCM CCM CCM
Popular vote1291916
Percentage78.66%11.58%9.75%
Presidential Nominee before election

Ali Mohamed Shein
CCM

Elected Presidential Nominee

Hussein Mwinyi
CCM

The 2020 Chama Cha Mapinduzi presidential primaries took place in July 2020. Incumbent president and 2015 nominee, John Magufuli ran unopposed for his second term for the President of Tanzania and so there was no primary vote for the Union presidency position. [1] However, Zanzibar president Ali Mohamed Shein is ineligible for re-election due to term limits and a primary was held to determine the Zanzibar presidential nominee. The winners of the primary are the CCM candidates for the 2020 Tanzanian general election and the 2020 Zanzibari general election.

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Background

Presidential aspirants are required to submit their intent to run to the party by June 30, 2020. Each aspirant has to be able to collect 250 sponsors from 12 regions (including 2 from Zanzibar). The party secretariat convened in Dodoma in July to make their decisions. The candidates were vetted by the party congress and names of a select few will be submitted to the National Executive Committee of the party to select the candidate. [2]

Union Presidential Candidates

Incumbent president Dr John Magufuli and party chairman ran unopposed to get the party ticket for re-election. [3] Former foreign minister of Tanzania Bernard Membe intended to collect party nomination forms to contest against the incumbent president, however, the CCM central committee expelled Membe from the party. [4] Following the decision he returned his party card to leave the party. [5]

Zanzibar Presidential Candidates

The following candidates have been listed according to the dates that they expressed interest or formally announced their candidacy.

CandidateBackgroundNotes



  • Decaled candidacy on June 18, 2020

  • Decaled candidacy on June 18, 2020 [9]

  • Decaled candidacy on June 18, 2020 [9]

  • Decaled candidacy on June 18, 2020 [9]

  • Decaled candidacy on June 18, 2020 [9]

  • Declared candidacy on June 19, 2020 [9]

  • Minister of Information and Tourism in Zanzibar
  • Son of Zanzibar revolutionary Thabit Kombo [10]

  • Declared candidacy on June 19, 2020 [9]

  • Declared candidacy on June 19, 2020 [9]

  • Declared candidacy on June 19, 2020 [9]

  • First female presidential aspirant
  • Declared candidacy on June 19, 2020 [9]

  • Former chairman Zanzibar Election Commission
  • Declared candidacy on June 20, 2020

  • Held previous ministerial positions in the Zanzibar Government

Declined to Run

Results

Union Presidency

Since John Magufuli ran unopposed, he was automatically nominated as the party's candidate as the nominee for the president of Tanzania.

Zanzibar Presidency

Central Committee

On July 9, 2020, the central committee picked 5 names from the list of over 31 presidential aspirants. Of the 5, three names were passed down to the National Executive council for popular vote. [13] [14]

National Executive Council

On July 10, 2020, the National Executive council of the party voted on the 3 names passed down by the Central Committee. A total of 164 NEC members took part in the voting and Hussein Mwinyi won the party nomination by a landslide. [15]

Candidates Qualified by CCQualified for NEC VoteNEC Votes%
Hussein Mwinyi
Yes
129
78.65
Khalid Salum Mohamed
Yes
19
11.58
Shamsi Vuai Nahodha
Yes
16
9.75
Makame Mbarawa
Khamis Mussa Omar
164
100
Results: The Citizen [15]

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References

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  4. ↑ "Membe insists he's still a CCM member, but party says no way". The Citizen. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  5. ↑ Kolumbia, Louis (2020-07-07). "Tanzania: Membe Finally Parts Ways With Ruling Party CCM". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
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  14. ↑ "Pundits, politicians react to Mwinyi choice for Z'bar polls". The Citizen. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  15. 1 2 "How Hussein Mwinyi won the race for Zanzibar ticket". The Citizen. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
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