United Democratic Party (Tanzania)

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United Democratic Party
Chama cha UDP (Swahili)
AbbreviationUDP
Chairman John Cheyo
Founded1992
Headquarters Dar es Salaam
Ideology Liberalism

The United Democratic Party (UDP) is an opposition liberal party in Tanzania. [1] The party is an observer at Liberal International.[ citation needed ]

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Electoral performance

At the 2000 legislative elections, the party won 2 out of 269 seats in the National Assembly. In the presidential elections of the same day, its candidate John Cheyo won 4.2% of the vote.

The party didn't field a presidential candidate in the 14 December 2005 election, but did win one seat in National Assembly elections held on the same day.

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References

  1. Jonas Ewald (July 2013). Challenges for the Democratisation Process in Tanzania. Moving Towards Consolidation Years After Independence?. African Books Collective. pp. 368–. ISBN   978-9987-08-250-6.