Sauti ya Umma (SAU, People's Voice) is a
political party
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in
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...
. The party was registered on 17 February 2005.
In elections for the
Zanzibar
Zanzibar (; ; ) is an insular semi-autonomous province which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of many small islan ...
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
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
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
National Assembly
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elections held on the same day.
References
2005 establishments in Tanzania
Political parties established in 2005
Political parties in Tanzania
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