Tanzanian general election, 2000

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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

Presidential election

National Assembly

References

Elections in Tanzania
Presidential elections	1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Parliamentary elections	1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Civic elections	2014
Pre-union Tanganyika	President 1962 Parliament 1958–59 1960
Pre-union Zanzibar	Parliament 1957 1961 (Jan) 1961 (Jun) 1963
Referendums	2010* 2015
* Zanzibar only