List of political parties in Tanzania
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This article lists political parties in Tanzania.
Tanzania
is a one party dominant state with the Chama Cha Mapinduzi
in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
is a one party dominant state with the Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Chama Cha Mapinduzi
The Chama cha Mapinduzi is the ruling political party of Tanzania.- History :The party was created February 5, 1977, under the leadership of Julius Nyerere as the merger of the Tanganyika African National Union , the then ruling party in Tanganyika, and the Afro-Shirazi Party , the then ruling...
in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
Parliamentary parties
- Chama Cha MapinduziChama Cha MapinduziThe Chama cha Mapinduzi is the ruling political party of Tanzania.- History :The party was created February 5, 1977, under the leadership of Julius Nyerere as the merger of the Tanganyika African National Union , the then ruling party in Tanganyika, and the Afro-Shirazi Party , the then ruling...
(Revolutionary State Party) - Civic United FrontCivic United FrontThe Civic United Front is a liberal party in Tanzania. Although nationally-based, most of the CUF's support comes from the Zanzibar islands of Unguja and Pemba...
(Chama Cha Wananchi) - Chama cha Demokrasia na MaendeleoChama cha Demokrasia na MaendeleoChadema is a conservative political party in Tanzania that campaigns largely on an anti-corruption platform. The name is short for Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo, Swahili for Party for Democracy and Progress.-History:...
(Party for Democracy and Progress) - Tanzania Labour PartyTanzania Labour PartyThe Tanzania Labour Party is a political party in Tanzania.At the 2000 legislative elections, the party won 3 out of 269 seats in the National Assembly...
- United Democratic PartyUnited Democratic Party (Tanzania)The United Democratic Party is a liberal party in Tanzania.The party is an observer at Liberal International.At the 2000 legislative elections, the party 2 out of 269 seats in the National Assembly...
Other parties
- Chama cha Haki na UsitawiChama cha Haki na UsitawiChama cha Haki na Usitawi is a political party in Tanzania. The party was registered on 15 November 2001. Its founder and current chairman is James Mapalala, a former national chairman of the Civic United Front....
(CHAUSTA) - Democratic PartyDemocratic Party (Tanzania)The Democratic Party is a political party in Tanzania. The party was registered on 7 June 2002.The DP is led by Rev. Christopher Mtikila, who is the Reverend of the Full Salvation Church. The DP calls for the dissolution of the Union Government of Tanzania and has openly campaigned for the...
(DP) - Demokrasia MakiniDemokrasia MakiniDemokrasia Makini is a political party in Tanzania. The party was registered on 15 November 2001.In elections held on 14 December 2005, the party's presidential candidate Leonard Shayo placed ninth out of ten candidates, winning 0.15% of the vote. The party failed to win any seats in National...
(MAKINI) - Forum for the Restoration of DemocracyForum for Restoration of Democracy (Tanzania)The Forum for the Restoration of Democracy is a political party in Tanzania. The party was registered on 18 January 2002.The party didn't field a presidential candidate in the 14 December 2005 election, but supported Sengondo Mvungi of the National Convention for Construction and Reform-Mageuzi....
(FORD) - Hizb ut-TahrirHizb ut-TahrirHizb ut-Tahrir is an international Sunni. pan-Islamic political organisation but keeps it open for all including shias,some of its beliefs are against sunni school of thought, whose goal is for all Muslim countries to unify as an Islamic state or caliphate ruled by Islamic law and with a caliph...
- Jahazi AsiliaJahazi AsiliaJahazi Asilia is a political party in Tanzania. The party was registered on 18 November 2004.In elections for the Zanzibar Presidency and House of Representatives on 30 October 2005, Jahazi Asilia presidential candidate Haji Mussa Kitole won 0.48% of the vote...
- National Convention for Construction and Reform-MageuziNational Convention for Construction and Reform-MageuziThe National Convention for Construction and Reform–Mageuzi is a political party in Tanzania. The party was registered on 21 March 1993....
(NCCR-Mageuzi) - National League for DemocracyNational League for Democracy (Tanzania)The National League for Democracy is a political party in Tanzania. The party was registered on 21 March 1993.In elections held on 14 December 2005, NLD presidential candidate Emmanuel Makaidi placed seventh out of ten candidates, winning 0.19% of the vote. The party failed to win any seats in...
(NLD) - National Reconstruction Alliance (NRA)
- Popular National Party (PONA)
- Sauti ya UmmaSauti ya UmmaSauti ya Umma is a political party in Tanzania. The party was registered on 17 February 2005.In elections for the Zanzibar Presidency and House of Representatives on 30 October 2005, SAU presidential candidate Mariam Omar won 0.07% of the vote...
(SAU) - Tanzania Democratic AllianceTanzania Democratic AllianceThe Tanzania Democratic Alliance is a political party in Tanzania. The party was registered on 8 February 1993....
(TADEA) - Progressive Party of Tanzania-MaendeleoProgressive Party of Tanzania-MaendeleoThe Progressive Party of Tanzania–Maendeleo is a political party in Tanzania. The party was registered on 4 March 2003.In elections held on 18 December 2005, PPT–Maendeleo presidential candidate Anna Senkoro placed eighth out of ten candidates, winning 0.17% of the vote...
(PPT-Maendeleo) - Union for Multiparty DemocracyUnion for Multiparty DemocracyThe Union for Multiparty Democracy is a political party in Tanzania. The party was registered on 21 January 1993.The party didn't field a presidential candidate in the 14 December 2005 election, but supported Sengondo Mvungi of the National Convention for Construction and Reform-Mageuzi. He placed...
(UMD) - United People's Democratic PartyUnited People's Democratic PartyThe United People's Democratic Party is a political party in Tanzania. The party was registered on 4 February 1993.The party didn't field a presidential candidate in the 14 December 2005 election, but supported Sengondo Mvungi of the National Convention for Construction and Reform-Mageuzi. He...
(UPDP)
Defunct parties
- Tanganyika African National UnionTanganyika African National UnionThe Tanganyika African National Union was the principal political party in the struggle for sovereignty in the East African state of Tanganyika . The party was formed from the Tanganyika African Association by Julius Nyerere in July 1954 when he was teaching at St. Francis' College...
(TANU) - Afro-Shirazi PartyAfro-Shirazi PartyThe Afro-Shirazi Party was the union between the mostly Shiraz Party and the mostly African Afro Party in the island of Zanzibar. The formation of ASP led to the ouster of the Arabs from power with the Zanzibar Revolution in 1964. The party joined with the Tanganyika African National Union to...
(ASP) - Zanzibar Nationalist PartyZanzibar Nationalist PartyThe Zanzibar Nationalist Party was a nationalist, Arab-dominated political party in Zanzibar. The ZNP, in a coalition with the African-dominated Zanzibar and Pemba People's Party , governed the island from 1961 to 1964....
(ZNP) - Zanzibar and Pemba People's PartyZanzibar and Pemba People's PartyThe Zanzibar and Pemba People's Party was a nationalist, African-dominated political party in Zanzibar. The ZPPP, in a coalition with the Arab-dominated Zanzibar Nationalist Party , governed the island from 1961 to 1964. The party was the smallest of the three political parties on the islands...
(ZPPP)
See also
- Politics of TanzaniaPolitics of TanzaniaPolitics of Tanzania takes place in a framework of a unitary presidential democratic republic, whereby the President of Tanzania is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the...
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