Tanzania: Unregistered and defunct parties
Updated August 2006
Unregistered parties
Parties ordered alphabetically. It is unclear whether these parties still exist.
| Party name | Founded |
|---|---|
| Chama cha Amani na Demokrasia Tanzania (CHADETA) | cFebruary 2003 |
| Bismillah Party | c1988 |
| Movement for Democratic Alternative (MDA) | c1988 |
Defunct parties
Parties ordered by date of founding.
| Party | Remarks |
|---|---|
| Tanzania African National Union (TANU) Formerly: Tanganyika African National Union |
Leader: Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere (d 14 October 1999) Founded in July 1954 from the Tanganyika African Association, merged with the Afro-Shirazi Party on 5 February 1977 to form Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) |
| Zanzibar Nationalist Party (ZNP) | Leaders: Ali Muhsin Barwani (President), Mohamed Abdulrahman Babu (General Secretary; broke away to form UMMA Party) Founded in December 1955 from merger of Nationalist Party of the Subjects of the Sultan and the Arab Association, suppressed after the 1964 revolution |
| United Tanganyika Party (UTP) | Settler party formed in February 1956, disintegrated after 1958 |
| Muslim Association of Zanzibar | Formed before 1957 |
| Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP) Formerly: Afro-Shirazi Union |
Leaders: Aboud Jumbe Mwinyi, Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume (d 1972) Founded 5 February 1957 from merger of the Shirazi Association and the African Association. Merged with the Tanganyika African National Union on 5 February 1977 to form Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) |
| African National Congress (ANC) | Formed as a breakaway from the Tanganyika African National Union in 1958, disintegrated after 1962 |
| Zanzibar and Pemba People's Party (ZPPP) | Leader: Sheikh Mohammed Shamte Founded in 1959 as a breakaway from the ASU, suppressed after the 1964 revolution. |
| All-Muslim National Union of Tanganyika | Founded 1960, disintergrated shortly after |
| Umma Party People's Party |
Leader: Mohamed Abdulrahman Babu (d 5 August 1996) Founded in 1963 as a Maoist breakaway from the Zanzibar Nationalist Party, suppressed after the 1964 revolution |
| Popular National Party (PONA) | Leader: Wilfrem Mwakitwange Formed between 1992 and 1994, deregistered after the 2000 election |
| Tanzania People's Party (TPP) | Leader: Alec Che-Mponda Formed between 1992 and 1994, deregistered after the 2000 election |
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