1980 Tanzanian general election
26 October 1980 (1980-10-26)
 
Nominee Julius Nyerere
Party CCM
Popular vote 5,570,883
Percentage 95.6%
President before election

Julius Nyerere
CCM

 Elected President

Julius Nyerere
CCM

General elections were held in Tanzania on 26 October 1980. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Chama Cha Mapinduzi as the sole legal party, following the 1977 merger of the mainland-based Tanganyika African National Union and the Zanzibar-based Afro-Shirazi Party, which had previously operated as the sole legal parties in their areas. For the National Assembly election there were two candidates from the same party in each of the 106 constituencies, whilst the presidential election was effectively a referendum on CCM leader Julius Nyerere's candidacy.

Voter turnout was 85.9% of the 6,969,803 registered voters in the presidential election and 84.7% for the National Assembly,[1] although the country's population was around 18 million at the time of the election.[2]

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Julius NyerereChama Cha Mapinduzi5,570,88395.56
Against259,0404.44
Total5,829,923100.00
Valid votes5,829,92397.38
Invalid/blank votes157,0192.62
Total votes5,986,942100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,969,80385.90
Source: Nohlen et al.

National Assembly

PartyVotes%Seats
Chama Cha Mapinduzi5,417,099100.00111
Appointed and indirectly-elected members153
Total5,417,099100.00264
Valid votes5,417,09996.83
Invalid/blank votes177,2433.17
Total votes5,594,342100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,604,40884.71
Source: IPU, Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, pp880-884 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  2. ↑ Tanzania: One party elections 1970-1990 EISA
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