General Information
At stake in this election:
- The office of President of Tanzania
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 Candidates in the Presidential race:
- Jakaya Mrisho KIKWETE
- Willibrod SLAA
- Ibrahim LIPUMBA
- Party: Civic United Front (CUF) / Chama Cha Wananchi
- Fahma DOUVUTWA
- Party: United People's Democratic Party (UPDP)
- Hashim RUNGWE
- Party: National Convention for Construction and Reform–Mageuzi (NCCR–Mageuzi)
- Mutamwega MUGAHYWA
- Party: Tanzania Labour Party (TLP)
- Peter MIZIRAY
- Party: African Progressive Party of Tanzania – Maendeleo (APPT–Maendeleo)
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
· Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: High
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.)