First Election In Zanzibar

According to zanzibar constitution a party that gets at least 10 per cent of the presidential votes will take the position of the first vice president and form the government with the winning party.

First election in zanzibar. General elections for the legislative council were held in zanzibar for the first time in july 1957. Tanzania s inspector general of police igp simon sirro has confirmed that 42 people are in police custody in pemba the minor island in the archipelago of zanzibar for engaging in violence and general social disturbance ahead of the general election scheduled for. They will join their tanzanian brothers and sisters on the mainland in electing the.

The race for the 2020 general election officially kicked off in zanzibar yesterday. Polls have now closed and election results are expected within a week. They were also the first elections to be held in east africa.

In consequence whereof ali abeid karume a son of the isle s founding president. Opposition cries foul president magufuli received more than 12 million votes while top opposition figure had only two million amid vote fraud allegations. Voting has been calm and peaceful on the mainland after reports of violence in zanzibar on tuesday.

Incumbent president of zanzibar ali mohamed shein was running for his second term against zanzibar first vice president seif sharif hamad. Zanzibar an indian ocean archipelago is a semi autonomous state of the east african country of tanzania and both are due to elect their presidents and lawmakers in wednesday s election. It was largely a contest between the afro shirazi party and the zanzibar nationalist party with the asp winning five of the six contested seats.

Since 1995 seif sharif hamad has come extremely close to winning zanzibar s often disputed elections. General elections were held in zanzibar on 25 october 2015 alongside the 2015 tanzanian general elections. On 25 october 2020 zanzibaris will have an opportunity to elect the president of zanzibar members of the zanzibar house of representatives and local councilors.

Zanzibar president hussein mwinyi appointed his opposition rival seif sharif hamad as first vice president sunday in a power sharing deal likely to diffuse political tensions in the semi.