2016 Zanzibari general election

General elections were held in Zanzibar on 20 March 2016. The 2016 election was conducted as a re-run of the annulled 2015 Zanzibari general election. Only the Zanzibari President, Zanzibar House of Representatives and local legislative elections were part of the re-run.[1][2]

2016 Zanzibari Presidential election

20 March 2016
Registered	503,580
Turnout	67.9%
Nominee Ali Shein Party CCM Popular vote 299,982 Percentage 91.4%
President before election Ali Mohamed Shein CCM Elected President Ali Mohamed Shein CCM

The election had a seemingly low turnover compared to previous elections as the opposition had boycotted the re-run. The opposition criticize the government in rigging the system against them after the election they believed to be victorious was annulled in 2015.[3]

Due to the boycott, Ali Mohamed Shein won the presidency by a landslide and continued his second term.[4]

Results

Presidential

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Ali Mohamed Shein	Chama Cha Mapinduzi	299,982	91.4
Hamad Rashid Mohamed	Alliance for Democratic Change	9,734	3.0
Seif Sharif Hamad	Civic United Front	6,076	1.9
Issa Mohammed Zonga	Sauti ya Umma (SAU)	2,018	0.6
Ali Khatib Ali	(CCK)	1,980	0.6
Juma Ali Khatib	Tanzania Democratic Alliance	1,562	0.5
Hafidh Hassan Suleiman	Tanzania Labour Party (TLP)	1,499	0.5
Kassim Bakari Ali	Jahazi Asilia	1,407	0.4
Said Soud Said	Association of Farmers Party	1,303	0.4
Khamis Idd Lila	Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT)	1,255	0.4
Abdulla Kombo Khamis	Democratic Party (DP)	512	0.2
Mohammed Rashid Masoud	Chama cha Ukombozi wa Umma (CHAUMA)	493	0.2
Seif Ali Iddi	National Reconstruction Alliance	266	0.1
Tabu Mussa Juma	Demokrasia Makini (D-Makini)	210	0.1
Invalid/blank votes		13,538	–
Total		341,865	100
Registered voters/turnout		503,580	67.9
Source: Zanzibar Election Commission

House of Representatives

References

1. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Zanzibar holds presidential elections despite opposition's boycott | DW | 20.03.2016". DW.COM. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
2. "The Political Crisis in Zanzibar". www.csis.org. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
3. "Views divided as Jecha picks CCM's nomination forms". The Citizen. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
4. "Tanzanian ruling party declared winner in Zanzibar re-run vote". Reuters. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2020.