General elections were held in Tanzania on 29 October and 29 November 1995. They were the first multi-party general elections after the lifting of the ban on political parties other than Chama Cha Mapinduzi in 1992. Nevertheless, the CCM retained its control of the country, with its candidate Benjamin Mkapa winning the presidential election, and the party winning 186 of the 232 constituencies. 182 of the constituencies were on the mainland, and 50 on Zanzibar.
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After the election, 37 additional seats for women MPs were awarded to the parties based on the proportion of seats in the National Assembly, while five members were elected by the House of Representatives of Zanzibar and ten members nominated by the President. The Attorney General was also an ex-officio member, resulting in a total of 285 MPs.
Voter turnout was 77% of the 8,929,969 registered voters.
Results
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Mkapa | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | 4,026,422 | 61.82 | |
| Augustino Mrema | NCCR–Mageuzi | 1,808,616 | 27.77 | |
| Ibrahim Lipumba | Civic United Front | 418,973 | 6.43 | |
| John Cheyo | United Democratic Party | 258,734 | 3.97 | |
| Total | 6,512,745 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 6,512,745 | 95.12 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 333,936 | 4.88 | ||
| Total votes | 6,846,681 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,929,969 | 76.67 | ||
| Source: EISA, African Elections Database | ||||
National Assembly
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constitutency | Women | Total | ||||||
| Chama Cha Mapinduzi | 3,814,206 | 59.22 | 186 | 28 | 214 | |||
| NCCR–Mageuzi | 1,406,343 | 21.83 | 16 | 3 | 19 | |||
| Chadema | 396,825 | 6.16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Civic United Front | 323,432 | 5.02 | 24 | 4 | 28 | |||
| United Democratic Party | 213,547 | 3.32 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Tanzania Democratic Alliance | 76,636 | 1.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National Reconstruction Alliance | 60,707 | 0.94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Union for Multiparty Democracy | 41,257 | 0.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tanzania Labour Party | 27,963 | 0.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National League for Democracy | 26,666 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| United People's Democratic Party | 19,841 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Popular National Party | 18,155 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Progressive Party of Tanzania – Maendeleo | 15,335 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Presidential appointees | – | – | 10 | |||||
| Elected by Zanzibar House of Representatives | – | – | 5 | |||||
| Attorney-General | – | – | 1 | |||||
| Total | 6,440,913 | 100.00 | 232 | 37 | 285 | |||
| Valid votes | 6,440,913 | 94.07 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 405,768 | 5.93 | ||||||
| Total votes | 6,846,681 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,929,969 | 76.67 | ||||||
| Source: EISA | ||||||||
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