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 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. ^[4]

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. "Tanzania's main opposition party banned from election". BBC. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.