Tanzania: 2010 Election observer missions and reports

Updated November 2010

National observers

The Tanzania Election Monitoring Committee (TEMCO) deployed 223 Long Term Observers throughout the Union and selected 7354 Short Term Observers for later deploymnet.
Official website: [www] http://www.temco.udsm.ac.tz/ [opens new window] (accessed 8 Nov 2010).

A team of national observers was also fielded by the Tanzania Civil Society Consortium for Election Observation (TACCEO).

International observers

The following International observer groups were present for the 2010 elections:

• African Union: Preliminary statement [PDF document], 2 November 2010.
• Commonwealth: "Interim statement", 2 November 2010, [www] http://www.thecommonwealth.org/document/231466/2010_tanzania_general_elections___interim_statemen.htm [opens new window] (accessed 5 Nov 2010).
• East African Community: Preliminary statement [PDF document], 1 November 2010.
• EISA Interim Statement, 2 November 2010.
• Electoral Commissioners' Forum of SADC: Preliminary statement [PDF document], 2 November 2010.
• European Union website: [www] http://www.eueom.eu/tanzania2010/home?LANG=en [opens new window] (accessed 5 Nov 2010)
  "Preliminary statement", 2 November, [www] http://www.eueom.eu/files/dmfile/PreliminaryStatementFInal.pdf [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 8 Nov 2010).
• International Law and Policy Institute: "The process of voter registration in Zanzibar: Observations and Assessments", 20 May 2010, [www] http://www.ilpi.org/ILPI/Documents_files/31_Voter-registration_Overall-Summary-report.pdf [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 16 Nov 2010).
  "NEC and the Union voter registration in Zanzibar: The "Other" Voter Register in Zanzibar", 20 May 2010, [www] http://www.ilpi.org/ILPI/Documents_files/32__NEC-Registration.pdf [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 16 Nov 2010).
• Southern African Development Community: Preliminary report [PDF document], 2 November 2010.