2005 Tanzanian general election

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Nominee Jakaya Kikwete Ibrahim Lipumba Party CCM Civic United Front Popular vote 9,123,952 1,327,125 Percentage 80.28% 11.68%

President before election Benjamin Mkapa CCM Elected President Jakaya Kikwete CCM

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General elections were held in Tanzania on 14 December 2005. Originally scheduled for 30 October, the elections were postponed due to the death of CHADEMA vice-presidential candidate Jumbe Mohamed Jumbe.^[1] The elections were the third since the country returned to multi-party rule in 1992. Incumbent President Benjamin Mkapa stepped down after two consecutive terms in accordance with the constitution. Elections for the Presidency of Zanzibar and its House of Representatives took place on 30 October, as scheduled.

The presidential election was won by Jakaya Kikwete of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), who received 80% of the vote, with Ibrahim Lipumba of the Civic United Front finishing second with 12%. In the parliamentary elections, the CCM won 264 of the 323 seats in the National Assembly.

• Jakaya Kikwete – Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)
• Paul Henry Kyara – Sauti ya Umma (SAU)
• Ibrahim Lipumba – Civic United Front (CUF)
• Emmanuel Makaidi – National League for Democracy (NLD)
• Freeman Mbowe – Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA)
• Augustine Mrema – Tanzania Labour Party (TLP)
• Christopher Mtikila – Democratic Party (DP)
• Sengondo Mvungi – National Convention for Construction and Reform-Mageuzi (NCCR-Mageuzi). He was also supported by the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy (FORD), National Reconstruction Alliance (NRA), Union for Multiparty Democracy (UMD), and United People's Democratic Party (UPDP).
• Anna Senkoro – Progressive Party of Tanzania-Maendeleo (PPT-Maendeleo)
• Leonard Shayo – Demokrasia Makini (MAKINI)

• Amani Abeid Karume – Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)
• Seif Shariff Hamad – Civic United Front (CUF)
• Haji Mussa Kitole – Jahazi Asilia
• Abdallah Ali Abdallah – Democratic Party (DP)
• Mariam Omar – Sauti ya Umma (SAU)
• Simai Abdulrahman Abdallah – National Reconstruction Alliance (NRA)

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Constituency	Women	Total	+/–
	Chama Cha Mapinduzi	7,579,897	69.99	206	58	264	+21
	Civic United Front	1,542,254	14.24	19	11	30	+9
	Chadema	888,133	8.20	5	6	11	+6
	Tanzania Labour Party	306,219	2.83	1	0	1	–4
	NCCR–Mageuzi	239,452	2.21	0	0	0	–1
	United Democratic Party	155,887	1.44	1	0	1	–3
	Chama cha Haki na Ustawi	38,085	0.35	0	0	0	New
	Jahazi Asilia	21,042	0.19	0	0	0	New
	Progressive Party of Tanzania – Maendeleo	13,532	0.12	0	0	0	0
	Democratic Party	11,876	0.11	0	0	0	New
	Tanzania Democratic Alliance	6,845	0.06	0	0	0	0
	Sauti ya Umma	6,085	0.06	0	0	0	New
	National League for Democracy	6,054	0.06	0	0	0	0
	United People's Democratic Party	5,456	0.05	0	0	0	0
	National Reconstruction Alliance	3,459	0.03	0	0	0	0
	Demokrasia Makini	2,102	0.02	0	0	0	New
	Forum for Restoration of Democracy	1,625	0.02	0	0	0	New
	Union for Multiparty Democracy	1,510	0.01	0	0	0	New
Presidential appointees				–	–	10	0
Elected by Zanzibar House of Representatives				–	–	5	0
Attorney-General				–	–	1	0
Total		10,829,513	100.00	232	75	323	+28
Valid votes		10,829,513	94.68
Invalid/blank votes		608,837	5.32
Total votes		11,438,350	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		16,425,913	69.64
Source: EISA

Note: A re-run of the invalidated election took place on 14 December 2005.

• List of Tanzania National Assembly members 2005–2010

• Uchaguzi Tanzania (in Swahili) Archived 2008-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
• Chama Cha Mapinduzi official site (in Swahili)
• Chama cha Democracia na Maendeleo (in Swahili) Archived 2007-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Civic United Front official site (in English/Swahili)
• National Electoral Commission