Tanzania Labour Party

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Tanzania Labour Party
Chama cha TLP (Swahili)
AbbreviationTLP
Chairman Hamad Mkadam Rajab
Secretary-GeneralRichard Lyimo
FounderLeo Lwekamwa
Founded1992
Headquarters Dar es Salaam
Youth wing Labour Youth
Ideology Social democracy
Political position Left-wing
Colours  

The Tanzania Labour Party (TLP) is a political party in Tanzania. [1]

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Electoral performance

At the 2000 legislative elections, the party won 3 out of 269 seats in the National Assembly. In the presidential elections of the same day, its candidate Augustine Lyatonga Mrema won 7.8% of the vote.

In elections held on 14 December 2005, TLP presidential candidate Augustine Mrema placed fourth out of ten candidates, winning 0.75% of the vote. The party won one seat in National Assembly elections held on the same day.

Election results

Presidential elections

ElectionParty candidateVotes%Result
2005 Augustine Mrema 84,9010.75%LostRed x.svg
2010 Muttamwega Bhatt Mgaywan17,4820.21%LostRed x.svg
2015 Machmillan Elifatio Lyimo8,1980.05%LostRed x.svg
2020 Did not participate
2025 Rwamugira Mbatina Yustas17,5830.05%LostRed x.svg

References

  1. Jonas Ewald (July 2013). Challenges for the Democratisation Process in Tanzania. Moving Towards Consolidation Years After Independence?. African Books Collective. pp. 365–. ISBN   978-9987-08-250-6.