Sauti ya Umma (SAU, People's Voice) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

. The party was registered on 17 February 2005. In elections for the

Zanzibar Zanzibar is a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa. It is located in the Indian Ocean, and consists of many small Island, islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island. ...

Presidency and House of Representatives on 30 October 2005, SAU presidential candidate Mariam Omar won 0.07% of the vote. The party failed to win any seats in concurrent House of Assembly elections. In

elections An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...

held on 14 December 2005, SAU presidential candidate Paul Henry Kyara placed last out of ten candidates, winning 0.14% of the vote. The party failed to win any seats in

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elections held on the same day.

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2005 establishments in Tanzania Political parties established in 2005 Political parties in Tanzania {{Tanzania-party-stub