List of political parties in Tanzania

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This article lists political parties in Tanzania.[1][2] The country operates under a dominant multi-party system with the ruling party being in power since the nation attained its independence in 1961. It first governed as the Tanganyika African National Union, before merging with the Afro-Shirazi Party to form the Chama Cha Mapinduzi.

  1. ^ "Tanzania in Figures" (PDF). National Bureau of Statistics (Tanzania). 2010. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Tanzania: Parties registered for 2010 elections". Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa. 2010. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.