# 2010 Tanzanian general election

General elections were held in Tanzania on 31 October 2010. The presidential elections were won by the incumbent Jakaya Kikwete of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party (CCM), who received 63% of the vote, down from 80% in 2005. The parliamentary elections resulted in a victory for the CCM, which won 186 of the 239 elected seats in the National Assembly.
In the elections in semi-autonomous Zanzibar, Ali Mohamed Shein of the CCM won the presidential election, whilst the CCM also won the most seats in the House of Representatives.

## Electoral system

For the 2010 elections, the National Assembly had 317 members, of which 239 (up from 232) were elected by plurality voting in single-member constituencies, 102 were reserved for women, five elected by the House of Representatives of Zanzibar and up to seven appointed by the president. The Attorney General is also a member of the Assembly.
The Zanzibar House of Representatives had 50 elected members, ten appointed by the President, and 15 seats for women. The women's seats were assigned to parties which won seats in the House, and distributed in proportion to the number of seats held by each party. The House also had six ex officio members, the Attorney General and five Regional Commissioners.

## Results
### President

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | 5,276,827 | 62.83 |
| | Willibrod Slaa | Chadema | 2,271,491 | 27.05 |
| | Ibrahim Haruna Lipumba | Civic United Front | 695,667 | 8.28 |
| | Peter Mziray Kuga | Progressive Party of Tanzania – Maendeleo | 96,932 | 1.15 |
| | Hashim Spunda Rungwe | NCCR–Mageuzi | 26,388 | 0.31 |
| | Muttamwega Bhatt Mgaywan | Tanzania Labour Party | 17,482 | 0.21 |
| | Yahmi Nassoro Dovutwa | United People's Democratic Party | 13,176 | 0.16 |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,397,963 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 8,397,963 | 97.36 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 227,889 | 2.64 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,625,852 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 20,137,303 | 42.84 |
| Source: African Elections Database |||||

### National Assembly

Seats :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Constituency | Women | Total | +/– |
| | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | 4,641,830 | 60.20 | 186 | 67 | 253 | –11 |
| | Chadema | 1,839,569 | 23.86 | 23 | 25 | 48 | +37 |
| | Civic United Front | 818,122 | 10.61 | 24 | 10 | 34 | +4 |
| | NCCR–Mageuzi | 193,738 | 2.51 | 4 | 0 | 4 | +4 |
| | United Democratic Party | 113,148 | 1.47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | Tanzania Labour Party | 51,003 | 0.66 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | National League for Democracy | 14,511 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic Party | 6,412 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Progressive Party of Tanzania – Maendeleo | 5,727 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | United People's Democratic Party | 4,781 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Association of Farmers Party | 4,442 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Jahazi Asilia | 3,972 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Sauti ya Umma | 3,712 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Chama cha Haki na Ustawi | 2,483 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Demokrasia Makini | 2,376 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Tanzania Democratic Alliance | 2,146 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Reconstruction Alliance | 1,375 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Union for Multiparty Democracy | 1,102 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Presidential appointees | Presidential appointees | | | – | – | 10 | 0 |
| Elected by Zanzibar House of Representatives | Elected by Zanzibar House of Representatives | | | – | – | 5 | 0 |
| Attorney-General | Attorney-General | | | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 7,710,449 | 100.00 | 239 | 102 | 357 | +34 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 7,710,449 | 96.43 | | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 285,476 | 3.57 | | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 7,995,925 | 100.00 | | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 20,137,303 | 39.71 | | | | |
| Source: National Electoral Commission, IPU ||||||||

### Zanzibar
#### President

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Ali Mohamed Shein | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | 179,809 | 50.11 |
| | Seif Sharif Hamad | Civic United Front | 176,338 | 49.14 |
| | Kassim Bakari Ali | Jahazi Asilia | 803 | 0.22 |
| | Haji Khamis Haji | National Reconstruction Alliance | 525 | 0.15 |
| | Juma Ali Khatib | Tanzania Democratic Alliance | 497 | 0.14 |
| | Said Soud Said | Association of Farmers Party | 480 | 0.13 |
| | Ambar Haji Khamis | NCCR–Mageuzi | 363 | 0.10 |
| Total | Total | Total | 358,815 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 358,815 | 98.33 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 6,109 | 1.67 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 364,924 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 407,658 | 89.52 |
| Source: African Elections Database |||||

#### House of Representatives

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Constituency | Women | Total |
| | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | 178,091 | 50.25 | 28 | 11 | 39 |
| | Civic United Front | 168,082 | 47.43 | 22 | 9 | 31 |
| | Jahazi Asilia | 3,567 | 1.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Chadema | 2,175 | 0.61 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | NCCR–Mageuzi | 1,046 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Tanzania Democratic Alliance | 651 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Tanzania Labour Party | 267 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Sauti ya Umma | 160 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Reconstruction Alliance | 111 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Association of Farmers Party | 91 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Demokrasia Makini | 84 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic Party | 61 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Appointed | Appointed | | | – | – | 10 |
| Speaker and Attorney General | Speaker and Attorney General | | | – | – | 2 |
| Total | Total | 354,386 | 100.00 | 50 | 20 | 82 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 407,658 | – | | | |
| Source: African Elections Database |||||||

## Aftermath

Kikwete's swearing-in ceremony took place on 6 November 2010 at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam.