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Tanzania Detailed Election Results
 
 
 

SEPTEMBER 1965 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (Julius Nyerere re-elected unopposed)

Portion of the Union

"Yes" Votes

"No" Votes

Total Valid Votes

Invalid/
Blank Votes

Total Votes

Registered Voters

Voter Turnout

Number of Votes

% of Votes

Number of Votes

% of Votes

Tanganyika (Mainland)

2,228,715

96.24%

87,116

03.76%

2,315,831

100,107

2,415,938

3,187,215

75.8%

Zanzibar & Pemba

182,188

99.19%

1,484

00.81%

183,672

430

184,102

185,874

99.0%

National Total

2,410,903

96.46%

88,600

03.54%

2,499,503

100,537

2,600,040

3,373,089

77.1%

 
 

30 OCTOBER 1970 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (Julius Nyerere re-elected unopposed)

Portion of the Union

"Yes" Votes

"No" Votes

Total Valid Votes

Invalid/
Blank Votes

Total Votes

Registered Voters

Voter Turnout

Number of Votes

% of Votes

Number of Votes

% of Votes

Tanganyika (Mainland)

3,281,946

96.79%

108,883

03.21%

3,390,829

73,267

3,464,096

4,860,456

71.3%

Zanzibar & Pemba

183,627

99.49%

945

00.51%

184,572

1,121

185,693

191,482

97.0%

National Total

3,465,573

96.93%

109,828

03.07%

3,575,401

74,388

3,649,789

5,051,938

72.2%

 
 

14 DECEMBER 2005 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Region

Candidate (Party)

Jakaya Kikwete (CCM)

Ibrahim Lipumba (CUF)

Freeman Mbowe (CHADEMA)

Augustine Mrema (TLP)

Sengondo Mvungi (NCCR-Mageuzi)

Christopher Mtikila (DP)

Emmanuel Makaidi (NLD)

Anna Senkoro (PPT-Maendeleo)

Leonard Shayo (MAKINI)

Paul Kyara (SAU)

Arusha

361,237 (81.96%)

5,324 (1.21%)

67,618 (15.34%)

3,571 (0.81%)

876 (0.20%)

603 (0.14%)

491 (0.11%)

394 (0.09%)

314 (0.07%)

309 (0.07%)

Dar es Salaam

671,134 (70.59%)

216,700 (22.79%)

52,979 (5.57%)

5,129 (0.54%)

1,038 (0.11%)

1,034 (0.11%)

473 (0.05%)

1,274 (0.13%)

450 (0.05%)

571 (0.06%)

Dodoma

491,792 (87.47%)

44,971 (8.00%)

15,777 (2.81%)

2,724 (0.48%)

1,978 (0.35%)

2,290 (0.41%)

706 (0.13%)

683 (0.12%)

590 (0.10%)

714 (0.13%)

Iringa

472,612 (94.20%)

4,776 (0.95%)

17,691 (3.53%)

1,165 (0.23%)

2,108 (0.42%)

683 (0.14%)

808 (0.16%)

822 (0.16%)

437 (0.09%)

589 (0.12%)

Kagera

572,498 (84.43%)

39,710 (5.86%)

49,867 (7.35%)

5,489 (0.81%)

4,690 (0.69%)

1,567 (0.23%)

1,386 (0.20%)

1,036 (0.15%)

945 (0.14%)

875 (0.13%)

Kaskazini Pemba

7,777 (12.03%)

55,360 (85.66%)

130 (0.20%)

80
(0.12%)

181 (0.28%)

106 (0.16%)

542 (0.84%)

204 (0.32%)

61 (0.09%)

183 (0.28%)

Kaskazini Unguja

49,566 (75.53%)

14,968 (22.81%)

206 (0.31%)

77
(0.12%)

296 (0.45%)

74
(0.11%)

165 (0.25%)

92
(0.14%)

94 (0.14%)

83 (0.13%)

Kigoma

345,298 (79.61%)

34,410 (7.93%)

41,100 (9.48%)

1,092 (0.25%)

7,685 (1.77%)

975 (0.22%)

854 (0.20%)

1,088 (0.25%)

616 (0.14%)

612 (0.14%)

Kilimanjaro

344,539 (72.42%)

9,437 (1.88%)

98,072 (20.61%)

16,585 (3.49%)

1,896 (0.40%)

921 (0.19%)

718 (0.15%)

1,892 (0.40%)

950 (0.20%)

727 (0.15%)

Kusuni Pemba

12,844 (21.15%)

46,791 (77.05%)

130 (0.21%)

69
(0.11%)

213 (0.35%)

62
(0.10%)

313 (0.52%)

149 (0.25%)

22 (0.04%)

136 (0.22%)

Kusuni Unguja

47,545 (88.58%)

5,717 (10.65%)

128 (0.24%)

32
(0.06%)

94 (0.18%)

28
(0.05%)

43 (0.08%)

32
(0.06%)

25 (0.05%)

30 (0.06%)

Lindi

215,717 (73.99%)

66,775 (22.90%)

4,644 (1.59%)

927 (0.32%)

1,061 (0.36%)

679 (0.23%)

596 (0.20%)

373 (0.13%)

401 (0.14%)

389 (0.13%)

Manyara

321,026 (86.35%)

7,171 (1.93%)

39,834 (10.71%)

988 (0.27%)

1,214 (0.33%)

312 (0.08%)

360 (0.10%)

337 (0.09%)

238 (0.06%)

289 (0.08%)

Mara

354,613 (77.95%)

31,533 (6.93%)

56,493 (12.42%)

3,562 (0.78%)

4,425 (0.97%)

1,082 (0.24%)

849 (0.19%)

789 (0.17%)

847 (0.19%)

755 (0.17%)

Mbeya

568,458 (88.87%)

18,382 (2.87%)

24,524 (3.83%)

18,028 (2.82%)

3,859 (0.60%)

2,045 (0.32%)

1,218 (0.19%)

1,198 (0.19%)

1,048 (0.16%)

918 (0.14%)

Mjini Magharibi

102,256 (68.03%)

46,832 (31.16%)

507 (0.34%)

90
(0.06%)

191 (0.13%)

68
(0.05%)

158 (0.11%)

71
(0.05%)

67 (0.04%)

66 (0.04%)

Morogoro

548,837 (85.83%)

60,051 (9.39%)

15,668 (2.45%)

8,192 (1.28%)

2,167 (0.34%)

1,213 (0.19%)

1,044 (0.16%)

837 (0.13%)

799 (0.12%)

673 (0.11%)

Mtwara

350,117 (79.09%)

73,667 (16.64%)

9,145 (2.07%)

2,270 (0.51%)

3,174 (0.72%)

795 (0.18%)

1,153 (0.26%)

791 (0.18%)

719 (0.16%)

823 (0.19%)

Mwanza

713,088 (79.37%)

106,558 (11.86%)

59,142 (6.58%)

2,571 (0.29%)

4,690 (0.52%)

3,831 (0.43%)

2,748 (0.31%)

2,056 (0.23%)

1,872 (0.21%)

1,878 (0.21%)

Pwani

251,068 (72.93%)

83,821 (24.35%)

5,642 (1.64%)

672 (0.20%)

937 (0.27%)

401 (0.12%)

604 (0.18%)

363 (0.11%)

334 (0.10%)

420 (0.12%)

Rukwa

259,421 (89.94%)

7,207 (2.50%)

13,035 (4.51%)

5,086 (1.76%)

1,620 (0.56%)

789 (0.27%)

472 (0.16%)

378 (0.13%)

401 (0.14%)

344 (0.12%)

Ruvuma

304,611 (84.57%)

36,426 (10.11%)

13,973 (3.88%)

868 (0.24%)

1,890 (0.52%)

590 (0.16%)

637 (0.18%)

407 (0.11%)

393 (0.11%)

374 (0.10%)

Shinyanga

621,975 (74.54%)

131,526 (15.76%)

54,631 (6.55%)

2,179 (0.26%)

4,231 (0.51%)

8,494 (1.02%)

2,836 (0.34%)

1,708 (0.20%)

3,876 (0.46%)

2,950 (0.35%)

Singida

319,870 (90.90%)

14,705 (4.18%)

12,977 (3.69%)

815 (0.23%)

1,193 (0.34%)

601 (0.17%)

533 (0.15%)

414 (0.12%)

384 (0.11%)

402 (0.11%)

Tabora

343,549 (75.98%)

95,047 (21.02%)

7,618 (1.68%)

691 (0.15%)

1,643 (0.36%)

1,054 (0.23%)

856 (0.19%)

625 (0.14%)

449 (0.10%)

612 (0.14%)

Tanga

472,504 (84.77%)

69,260 (12.43%)

7,225 (1.30%)

1,949 (0.35%)

2,469 (0.44%)

786 (0.14%)

1,011 (0.18%)

770 (0.14%)

738 (0.13%)

692 (0.12%)

National Total

9,123,952 (80.28%)

1,327,125 (11.68%)

668,756 (5.88%)

84,901 (0.75%)

55,819 (0.49%)

31,083 (0.27%)

21,574 (0.19%)

18,783 (0.17%)

17,070 (0.15%)

16,414 (0.14%)

Region

Total Valid Votes

Invalid/
Blank Votes

Total
Votes

Registered Voters

Voter Turnout

 

Arusha

440,737

18,429

459,166

649,721

70.7%

Dar es Salaam

950,782

38,143

988,925

1,679,556

58.9%

Dodoma

562,225

25,179

587,404

758,744

77.4%

Iringa

501,691

15,051

516,742

673,015

76.8%

Kagera

678,063

30,748

708,811

904,594

78.4%

Kaskazini Pemba

64,624

1,100

65,724

82,164

80.0%

Kaskazini Unguja

65,621

1,443

67,064

82,896

80.9%

Kigoma

433,730

22,155

455,885

600,077

76.0%

Kilimanjaro

475,737

14,955

490,692

660,751

74.3%

Kusuni Pemba

60,729

836

61,565

76,286

80.7%

Kusuni Unguja

53,674

1,360

55,034

64,961

84.7%

Lindi

291,562

16,467

308,029

387,263

79.5%

Manyara

371,769

14,469

386,238

483,962

79.8%

Mara

454,948

19,291

474,239

662,286

71.6%

Mbeya

639,678

27,711

667,389

949,959

70.3%

Mjini Magharibi

150,306

2,770

153,076

216,601

70.7%

Morogoro

639,481

26,821

666,302

894,179

74.5%

Mtwara

442,654

32,379

475,033

571,390

83.1%

Mwanza

898,434

45,305

943,739

1,396,209

67.6%

Pwani

344,262

13,570

357,832

469,552

76.2%

Rukwa

288,753

12,701

301,454

406,151

74.2%

Ruvuma

360,169

14,851

375,020

503,302

74.5%

Shinyanga

834,406

48,702

883,108

123,4975

71.5%

Singida

351,894

18,509

370,403

482,081

76.8%

Tabora

452,144

24,460

476,604

722,688

65.9%

Tanga

557,404

23,045

580,449

788,331

73.6%

National Total

11,365,477

510,450

11,875,927

16,401,694

72.4%