The United People's Democratic Party (UPDP) is a

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

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 4 February 1993. The party didn't field a presidential candidate in the 14 December 2005

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, but supported Sengondo Mvungi of the

National Convention for Construction and Reform-Mageuzi National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

. He placed fifth out of ten candidates, winning 0.49% of the vote. In the 2015 presidential election its candidate was

Fahmi Dovutwa Fahmi (Arabic: فهمي) is an Arabic name in the possessive form of the word ''fahm'' (Arabic: فَهْم) which means "understanding, comprehension, knowing", and which stems from the verb ''fahima'' (Arabic: َفَهِم) meaning "come to know a ...

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1993 establishments in Tanzania Political parties established in 1993 Political parties in Tanzania {{Tanzania-party-stub