1995 Tanzanian general election

1995 Tanzanian general election
29 October 1995 (1995-10-29)
Presidential election
 
Nominee Benjamin Mkapa Augustino Mrema Ibrahim Lipumba
Party CCM NCCR–Mageuzi CUF
Popular vote 4,026,422 1,808,616 418,973
Percentage 61.82% 27.77% 6.43%
Results by region
President before election

Ali Hassan Mwinyi
CCM

Elected President

Benjamin Mkapa
CCM

General elections were held in Tanzania on 29 October. They were the first multi-party general elections after the lifting of the ban on political parties other than Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) in 1992. However, the results were declared null and void by the National Electoral Commission due to failures to provide ballots to many polling places. As a result, the elections were re-run on 29 November.

The CCM retained its control of the country, with its candidate Benjamin Mkapa winning the presidential election, and the party winning 186 of the 232 directly-elected seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 77% of the 8,929,969 registered voters.

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