2025 Tanzanian general election
Updated: 12/10/2025, 10:44:11 AM Wikipedia source
General elections were held in Tanzania on 29 October 2025 to elect the President, members of the National Assembly and ward councillors. Samia Suluhu Hassan, the incumbent president and leader of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), who became president after the death of President John Magufuli in 2021, ran for a second term. The election campaign was considered undemocratic by foreign observers after the two largest opposition parties, Chadema and Alliance for Change and Transparency, were barred from participating earlier in 2025; this was a sharp break with recent Tanzanian history, with major opposition parties having participated in every national election since the shift to multiparty elections in 1995. On Election Day, protests began over the results of the election and the increasing authoritarianism of Suluhu. The election was by far the deadliest in Tanzanian history, with numerous sources reporting hundreds of deaths and Chadema claiming to have verified 1,000–2,000 deaths.
Infobox
Registered
37,647,235
Reporting
mw- 7.20%as of 30 October
Nominee
Samia Suluhu Hassan
Party
CCM
Running mate
Emmanuel Nchimbi
Popular vote
31,913,866
Percentage
97.66%
Tables
· Results › President
Total
Total
Candidate
Total
Candidate
32,678,844
Running mate
100.00
Source: EATV
Source: EATV
Candidate
Source: EATV
| Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % | |
| Samia Suluhu Hassan | Emmanuel John Nchimbi | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | 31,913,866 | 97.66 | |
| Mwalim Salum Juma | Devota Mathew Minja | Chama cha Ukombozi wa Umma | 213,414 | 0.65 | |
| Gombo Samandito Gombo | Husna Mohamed Abdalla | Civic United Front | 164,050 | 0.50 | |
| Almas Hassan Kisabya | Ali Khamis Hassan | National Reconstruction Alliance | 99,396 | 0.30 | |
| Coaster Jimmy Kibonde | Azza Haji Suleiman | Chama Cha Makini | 59,117 | 0.18 | |
| Kunje Ngombale Mwiru | Chum Juma Abdalla | Alliance for African Farmers Party | 42,457 | 0.13 | |
| Abdul Juma Mluya | Sadoun Abrahman Khatib | Democratic Party | 26,257 | 0.08 | |
| Ambar Khamis Haji | Evaline Wilbard Munisi | NCCR–Mageuzi | 25,190 | 0.08 | |
| Saum Hussein Rashid | Juma Khamisi Faki | United Democratic Party | 21,964 | 0.07 | |
| Doyo Hassan Doyo | Chausiku Khatib Mohammed | National League for Democracy | 18,037 | 0.06 | |
| Rwamugira Mbatina Yustas | Amana Suleiman Mzee | Tanzania Labour Party | 17,583 | 0.05 | |
| Bussungu Georges Gabriel | Makame Ali Issa | African Democratic Alliance Party | 14,377 | 0.04 | |
| Noty Mwajuma Mirambo | Mashavu Alawi Haji | Union for Multiparty Democracy | 13,814 | 0.04 | |
| Kyara Majalio Paul | Satia Mussa Bebwa | Sauti ya Umma | 13,203 | 0.04 | |
| Wilson Elias Mulumbe | Shoka Khamis Juma | Alliance for Democratic Change | 12,898 | 0.04 | |
| Mwaijojele David Daud | Masoud Ali Abdalla | Chama Cha Kijamii | 12,516 | 0.04 | |
| Twalib Ibrahim Kadege | Abdalla Mohamed Khamis | United People's Democratic Party | 10,705 | 0.03 | |
| Total | 32,678,844 | 100.00 | |||
| Source: EATV | |||||
· Results › National Assembly
Party
Party
Col 1
Party
Col 2
Seats
Constituency
Constituency
Col 1
Constituency
Col 2
Women
Col 3
Total
Col 4
+/−
Presidential appointees
Presidential appointees
Col 1
Presidential appointees
Col 2
–
Col 3
–
Col 4
10
Col 5
0
Attorney-General
Attorney-General
Col 1
Attorney-General
Col 2
–
Col 3
–
Col 4
1
Col 5
0
Total
Total
Col 1
Total
Col 2
272
Col 3
115
Col 4
403
Col 5
+10
Source: IPU, INEC
Source: IPU, INEC
Col 1
Source: IPU, INEC
| | ||||||
| Party | Seats | |||||
| Constituency | Women | Total | +/− | |||
| Chama Cha Mapinduzi | 270 | 113 | 383 | +33 | ||
| Alliance for Change and Transparency | 2 | 0 | 2 | –3 | ||
| Chama cha Ukombozi wa Umma | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | ||
| Presidential appointees | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||
| Elected by Zanzibar House of Representatives | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| Attorney-General | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 272 | 115 | 403 | +10 | ||
| Source: IPU, INEC | ||||||
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