2005 Tanzanian general election

General elections were held in Tanzania on 14 December 2005. Originally scheduled for 30 October, the elections were postponed due to the death of CHADEMA vice-presidential candidate Jumbe Mohamed Jumbe. The elections were the third since the country returned to multi-party rule in 1992. Incumbent President Benjamin Mkapa stepped down after two consecutive terms in accordance with the constitution. Elections for the Presidency of Zanzibar and its House of Representatives took place on 30 October, as scheduled.

The presidential election was won by Jakaya Kikwete of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), who received 80% of the vote, with Ibrahim Lipumba of the Civic United Front finishing second with 12%. In the parliamentary elections, the CCM won 264 of the 323 seats in the National Assembly.

Union

 * Jakaya Kikwete – Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)
 * Paul Henry Kyara – Sauti ya Umma (SAU)
 * Ibrahim Lipumba – Civic United Front (CUF)
 * Emmanuel Makaidi – National League for Democracy (NLD)
 * Freeman Mbowe – Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA)
 * Augustine Mrema – Tanzania Labour Party (TLP)
 * Christopher Mtikila – Democratic Party (DP)
 * Sengondo Mvungi – National Convention for Construction and Reform-Mageuzi (NCCR-Mageuzi). He was also supported by the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy (FORD), National Reconstruction Alliance (NRA), Union for Multiparty Democracy (UMD), and United People's Democratic Party (UPDP).
 * Anna Senkoro – Progressive Party of Tanzania-Maendeleo (PPT-Maendeleo)
 * Leonard Shayo – Demokrasia Makini (MAKINI)

Zanzibar

 * Amani Abeid Karume – Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)
 * Seif Shariff Hamad – Civic United Front (CUF)
 * Haji Mussa Kitole – Jahazi Asilia
 * Abdallah Ali Abdallah – Democratic Party (DP)
 * Mariam Omar – Sauti ya Umma (SAU)
 * Simai Abdulrahman Abdallah – National Reconstruction Alliance (NRA)

Zanzibar House of Representatives
Note: A re-run of the invalidated election took place on 14 December 2005.