At stake in this election:

• 274 seats in the National Assembly (Bunge)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Jakaya KIKWETE
• Head of Government: President Jakaya KIKWETE
• Assembly: Tanzania has a unicameral National Assembly (Bunge) with 274 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the National Assembly (Bunge), 232 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms, 80 members are reserved for women to serve 5-year terms and 5 members are allocated to members of the Zanzibar House of Representatives to serve 5-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Party of the Revolution / Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)
  • Leader: Jakaya Mrisho KIKWETE
  • Seats won in last election: 206
• Seats won in this election: 259
• Party: Civic United Front / Chama Cha Wananchi (CUF)
  • Leader: Ibrahim LIPUMBA
  • Seats won in last election: 16
• Seats won in this election: ​36
• Party: National Convention for Construction and Reform – Mageuzi / (NCCR–Mageuzi)
  • Leader: Hashim RUNGWE
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• ​Seats won in this election: 4
• Party: Party for Democracy and Progress / Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA)
  • Leader: Willibrod SLAA
  • Seats won in last election: 5
• Seats won in this election: 48
• Party: United Democratic Party (UDP)
  • Leader: Fahma DOVUTWA
  • Seats won in last election: 17
• Seats won in this election: 1
• Party: Tanzania Labour Party (TLP)
  • Leader: Mutamwega MUGAHWYA
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Seats won in this election: 1
• Independents: 
• ​Seats won in this election: 1

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 45,648,525 (2010)
• Registered Voters: 19,670,631 (September 2010)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 22,982,543 (2010)

·         Is Tanzania a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)

·         Has Tanzania ratified CEDAW: Yes (20 August 1985)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: No

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 126 (following the 2010 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 151 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: High (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Tanzania a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Tanzanisa ratified CRPD: Yes (10 November 2009)

·         Population with a disability: 6,847,278 (est.)