Tanzania: 1962 Presidential election results

Updated September 2010

The Presidential election took place in November 1962 and about 1 800 000 voters were registered (Fengler 1999, 875, 883).

Candidate	Party	Votes	% Votes
Julius Nyerere	Tanganyika African National Union (TANU)	1 127 987	98.15
Zuberi Mtemvu	African National Congress (ANC)	21 276	1.85
Total		1 149 263	100.0

Table source

Fengler 1999, 879, 882; Nunley 2006.

References

FENGLER, W 1999 "Kenya" IN Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (eds) Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook, Oxford Publishers.

NUNLEY, AC 2006 "Elections in Tanzania" IN African Elections Database, [www] http://africanelections.tripod.com/tz.html [opens new window] (accessed 7 Sep 2010).