General elections were held in

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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

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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

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. Initially held on 29 October 1995, the results were declared null and void by the National Electoral Commission due to failures to provide ballots to many polling places. 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

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. 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. The election was characterized by irregularities.

Results

President

National Assembly

References

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