1962 Tanganyikan presidential election
1 November 1962
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Presidential elections were held in Tanganyika on 1 November 1962. They were the first elections following independence the previous year and the decision to form a republic. Julius Nyerere, leader of the ruling Tanganyika African National Union and incumbent Prime Minister won easily with 98.15% of the vote.
The vote share of more than 98% for Nyerere remains to this day the highest percentage of votes obtained by any candidate in Tanzania, even though it was ironically the only election in which he faced a rival. No further multi-party elections were held until 1995.