The incumbent President of Tanzania, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, has been re-elected to be President of Tanzania for a final term.
- The CCM leader, Mr Kikwete, got 5,276,827 votes or 61.17% of the 8.6 million ballots cast.
- Dr Willibrod Peter Slaa, the Chadema leader, came second with 2.2 million votes or 26.34% of the vote.
- The CUF’s candidate, Professor Ibrahim Haruna Lipumba, got 695,667 votes or 8.06% of the vote.
- Peter Kuga Mziray, of the African Progressive Party of Tanzania (APPT-Maendeleo), got 96,933 votes (1.12 per cent).
- Hashim Rungwe, of the National Convention for Construction and Reform (NCCR-Mageuzi), got 26,388 votes or 0.31% of the vote.
- Tanzania Labour Party’s Muttamwega Bhatt Mgayhwa received 17,482 votes or 0.20% of the total.
- Mr Fahmi Nassoro Dovutwa, of United People’s Democratic Party (UPDP), who had pulled out of the race at the last minute, received 13,176 votes or 0.15 per cent of the vote.
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Voting is a method for a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, in order to make a collective decision or express an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns. Democracies elect holders of high office by voting. Residents of a place represented by an elected official are called “constituents”, and those constituents who cast a ballot for their chosen candidate are called “voters”. There are different systems for collecting votes, but while many of the systems used in decision-making can also be used as electoral systems, any which cater for proportional representation can only be used in elections.
In smaller organizations, voting can occur in different ways. Formally via ballot to elect others for example within a workplace, to elect members of political associations or to choose roles for others. Informally voting could occur as a spoken agreement or as a verbal gesture like a raised hand or electronically.
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