General elections were held 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 ...

on 29 October 2000, with sixteen constituencies in

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voting again on 5 November due to problems with distributing election material.Tanzania: 2000 Presidential election results
EISA The second general elections since the restoration of multi-party democracy in 1992, they were won by the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, which claimed 202 of the 231 constituency seats in the

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, and whose candidate,

Benjamin Mkapa Benjamin William Mkapa (12 November 193824 July 2020) was the third president of Tanzania, in office from 1995 to 2005. He was Chairman of the Revolutionary State Political Party ( Chama Cha Mapinduzi, CCM). Early life Mkapa was born in Lupaso, ...

, winning the presidential election. After the election, 48 additional seats for women MPs were awarded to the parties based on the proportion of seats in the National Assembly, whilst five members were elected by the House of Representatives of Zanzibar, ten members were nominated by the

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, and the Attorney General was also an ''ex officio'' member, giving a total number of MPs of 285.Tanzania: 2000 Parliamentary election results
EISA Voter turnout was 84.43% of the 10,088,484 registered voters.

Results

President

National Assembly

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