2010 Zanzibari general election

General elections were held in Zanzibar on 31 October 2010 alongside the 2010 Tanzanian general elections. Amani Abeid Karume the president of Zanzibar stepped down after completing 2 terms in office. The presidential elections were won by Ali Mohamed Shein of Chama Cha Mapinduzi. Zanzibar elections have always been highly contests and have always been subject to post election violence.[1]

2010 Zanzibari presidential election
31 October 2010 (2010-10-31)
Registered407,658
Turnout89.52%
 
Party CCM Civic United Front
Popular vote 179,809 176,338
Percentage 50.11% 49.14%
President before election

Amani Abeid Karume
CCM

 Elected President

Ali Mohamed Shein
CCM

To defuse the tensions a Unity government to be formed after the election was proposed, which was put into place after the 2010 Zanzibari government of national unity referendum was overwhelmingly accepted by the population.[2][3]

Results

President
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
Invalid/blank votes 6,109 –
Total 364,924 100
Registered voters/turnout 407,658 89.52
Source: African Elections Database

House of Representatives
Party Votes % Seats
Elected Women Appointed Total +/–
Chama Cha Mapinduzi 178,091 50.25 28 11 8 47
Civic United Front 168,082 47.43 22 9 2 33
Jahazi Asilia 3,567 1.01 0
Chadema 2,175 0.61 0
NCCR–Mageuzi 1,046 0.30 0
Tanzania Democratic Alliance 651 0.18 0
Tanzania Labour Party 267 0.08 0
Sauti ya Umma 160 0.05 0
National Reconstruction Alliance 111 0.03 0
Association of Farmers Party 91 0.03 0
Demokrasia Makini 84 0.02 0
Democratic Party 61 0.02 0
Other parties 7,577 2.14 0
Speaker – – – – – 1 –
Ex officio member (Attorney General) – – – – – 1 –
Invalid/blank votes – – – – – –
Total 354,386 100 50 20 10 82 0
Registered voters/turnout 407,658 – – – – –
Source: African Elections Database

See also

References
  1. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Post-election stalemate in Zanzibar | DW | 08.01.2016". DW.COM. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  2. "Most supports government of national unity in Tanzania's Zanzibar: referendum - People's Daily Online". en.people.cn. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  3. "The political stalemate in Zanzibar". Africa M.E. 2016-01-20. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
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