1995 Tanzanian general election

1995 Tanzanian general election

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Presidential election

Nominee Benjamin Mkapa Augustino Mrema Ibrahim Lipumba Party CCM NCCR–Mageuzi CUF Popular vote 4,026,422 1,808,616 418,973 Percentage 61.82% 27.77% 6.43%

Results by region

President before election Ali Hassan Mwinyi CCM Elected President Benjamin Mkapa CCM

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General elections were held in Tanzania on 29 October and 29 November 1995. They were the first multi-party general elections after the lifting of the ban on political parties other than Chama Cha Mapinduzi in 1992. Nevertheless, the CCM retained its control of the country, with its candidate Benjamin Mkapa winning the presidential election, and the party winning 186 of the 232 constituencies. 182 of the constituencies were on the mainland, and 50 on Zanzibar.

After the election, 37 additional seats for women MPs were awarded to the parties based on the proportion of seats in the National Assembly, while five members were elected by the House of Representatives of Zanzibar and ten members nominated by the President. The Attorney General was also an ex-officio member, resulting in a total of 285 MPs.

Voter turnout was 77% of the 8,929,969 registered voters.