Tanzania: 2005 Election observer missions and reports

Updated September 2010

National observers

According to Grant Masterson (2009, 540): "For the 2005 elections, three local groups were accredited, namely: Temco [Tanzania Election Monitoring Committee]; the Ecumenical Observer Group (EOG) and Agenda Participation 2000".

Tanzania Election Monitoring Committee reports:

• 2005 The Registration of Voters in Tanzania, February, [www] http://www.tz.undp.org/ESP/docs/Observer_Reports/2005/TEMCO_VoterRegistration_Report_2005.pdf [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 2 Aug 2010).
• 2006 The 2005 General Elections in Tanzania Mainland, February, [www] http://www.tz.undp.org/ESP/docs/Observer_Reports/2005/TEMCO_Report_Mainland_2005.pdf [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 2 Aug 2010).

International observers

The following International observer groups were invited by the National Electoral Commission to observe the 2005 elections (Masterson 2009, 540):

• African Union (AU - replaced OAU in 2001)
• Commonwealth Observer Group
• East African Community (EAC)
• Electoral Commissions Forum for SADC Countries (SADC-ECF)*
• Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (EISA) 2006: Electoral Observer Mission Report [PDF document]
• European Union
• Kenya Electoral Commission
• Kenya Institute of Education in Democracy
• National Democratic Institute (NDI)*
• SADC-Parliamentary Forum 2005: "Interim Statement", [www] http://www.sadccitizen.net/SADC/new/ documents/Interim%20Statement%20as%20@%20Tanzania%20DEC%202005.doc [MS Word document] (accessed 23 Feb 2010).
• SADC Secretariat
• Uganda Electoral Commission
• UNDP Observer Group

Note: *These organizations were originally accredited, but did not return for the December polls once the elections were re-scheduled (Masterson 2009, 540).

Reference

MASTERSON 2009 "Chapter 13: Tanzania and Zanzibar" IN Denis Kadima and Susan Booysen (eds) Compendium of Elections in Southern Africa 1989-2009: 20 Years of Multiparty Democracy, EISA, Johannesburg.