2025 Tanzanian general election

2025 Tanzanian general election

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Presidential election

Nominee Samia Suluhu Hassan Party CCM Running mate Emmanuel Nchimbi

President before election Samia Suluhu Hassan CCM Elected President TBD

General elections are due to be held in Tanzania on 29 October 2025. ^[1]

Electoral system

The President of Tanzania is elected by plurality voting; the candidate who receives the most votes is elected. Article 39(1) of the 1977 constitution requires candidates to be Tanzanian citizens by birth, at least 40 years old, be nominated by a political party of which they are a member, be qualified to be an MP or a member of the Zanzibar House of Representatives, and not have any convictions related to tax evasion. ^[2]

Candidates

In January 2025, the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party nominated incumbent president Samia Suluhu Hassan as its presidential candidate for the election and Emmanuel Nchimbi as her running mate. ^[3] In August 2025, Luhaga Mpina, a CCM lawmaker, left the party and joined the Alliance for Change and Transparency. However, he was barred from running for president over complaints that the party had failed to comply with nomination procedures in the primaries. ^[4] Suluhu's candidacy was confirmed on 27 August 2025 by the National Electoral Commission, which also approved the candidacies of 16 other presidential candidates. ^[5]

In April 2025, the opposition Chadema party was disqualified from competing in the election after the National Electoral Commission said it had failed to sign a code of conduct document that was due on 12 April. ^[6] On 9 April 2025, its chairman Tundu Lissu was arrested on charges of incitement and treason after calling for electoral reforms at a rally in Mbinga. ^{[7] [8]} On 12 April, he was disqualified from participating in the election. ^[9]

References

1. "EISA's 2025 African election calendar". EISA. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
2. "Constitution of Tanzania" (PDF). Judiciary of Tanzania. 1977. Article 39(1). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
3. "Tanzania's ruling party nominates President Hassan as candidate for president". Africanews. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
4. "President Samia Hassan approved for Tanzania's October vote". Africanews. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
5. "Official election campaigns kick off in Tanzania as main opposition leader remains in custody". AP News. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
6. "Tanzania's main opposition party banned from election". BBC. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
7. "Tanzania arrests prominent opposition leader after calling for electoral reforms at rally". AP News . 10 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
8. "Tanzania opposition party leader Tundu Lissu charged with treason". Al Jazeera . 10 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
9. "Tanzania's main opposition party banned from election". BBC. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.