2000 Tanzanian general election
29 October 2000 (2000-10-29)
 
Ibrahim Lipumba.jpg
Nominee Benjamin Mkapa Ibrahim Lipumba
Party CCM Civic United Front
Popular vote 5,863,201 1,329,077
Percentage 71.74% 16.26%
President before election

Benjamin Mkapa
CCM

 Elected President

Benjamin Mkapa
CCM

General elections were held in Tanzania on 29 October 2000, with sixteen constituencies in Zanzibar voting again on 5 November due to problems with distributing election material.[1] The second general elections since the restoration of multi-party democracy in 1992, they were won by the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, which claimed 202 of the 231 constituency seats in the National Assembly, and whose candidate, Benjamin Mkapa, winning the presidential election.

After the election, 48 additional seats for women MPs were awarded to the parties based on the proportion of seats in the National Assembly, whilst five members were elected by the House of Representatives of Zanzibar, ten members were nominated by the President, and the Attorney General was also an ex officio member, giving a total number of MPs of 285.[2]

Voter turnout was 84.43% of the 10,088,484 registered voters.[1]

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Benjamin MkapaChama Cha Mapinduzi5,863,20171.74
Ibrahim LipumbaCivic United Front1,329,07716.26
Augustino MremaNCCR–Mageuzi637,1157.80
John CheyoUnited Democratic Party342,8914.20
Total8,172,284100.00
Valid votes8,172,28495.95
Invalid/blank votes345,3144.05
Total votes8,517,598100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,088,48484.43
Source: EISA, African Elections Database

National Assembly

PartyVotes%Seats
ConstituencyWomenTotal+/–
Chama Cha Mapinduzi4,628,12765.1920241243+29
Civic United Front890,04412.5417421–7
Tanzania Labour Party652,5049.19415+5
United Democratic Party315,3034.443140
Chadema300,5674.23415+1
NCCR–Mageuzi256,5913.61101–18
United People's Democratic Party14,7890.210000
Popular National Party11,7310.170000
Progressive Party of Tanzania – Maendeleo10,2060.140000
Tanzania Democratic Alliance9,6470.140000
Union for Multiparty Democracy7,5500.110000
National League for Democracy2,5070.040000
National Reconstruction Alliance700.000000
Presidential appointees––100
Elected by Zanzibar House of Representatives––50
Attorney-General––10
Total7,099,636100.0023148295+10
Valid votes7,099,63695.39
Invalid/blank votes343,1624.61
Total votes7,442,798100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,088,48473.78
Source: EISA

References

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