Tanzanian general election, 2015

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Tanzanian_general_election,_2015
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:Tanzania
gptkbp:date 25 October 2015
gptkbp:elects National Electoral Commission of Tanzania
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tanzanian general election, 2015
gptkbp:incumbentPresidentBeforeElection gptkb:Jakaya_Kikwete
gptkbp:mainCandidate gptkb:Edward_Lowassa
gptkb:John_Magufuli
gptkbp:mainOppositionCoalition UKAWA
gptkbp:mainOppositionParties gptkb:National_League_for_Democracy
gptkb:Chadema
gptkb:Civic_United_Front
NCCR–Mageuzi
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:Tanzanian_general_election,_2020
gptkbp:notableEvent First election in which Jakaya Kikwete was not a candidate since 1995
Edward Lowassa defected from CCM to Chadema before election
gptkbp:numberOfParliamentarySeatsContested 264
gptkbp:numberOfPresidentialCandidates 8
gptkbp:parliamentaryMajorityParty gptkb:Chama_Cha_Mapinduzi
gptkbp:presidentAfterElection gptkb:John_Magufuli
gptkbp:presidentialVotesForEdwardLowassa 6,072,848
gptkbp:presidentialVotesForJohnMagufuli 8,882,935
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:Tanzanian_general_election,_2010
gptkbp:runnerUp gptkb:Chadema
gptkb:Edward_Lowassa
gptkbp:stateElectorate 23,161,440
gptkbp:type presidential
parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout 67.31%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Chama_Cha_Mapinduzi
gptkb:John_Magufuli
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chadema
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7