Tanzania: Unregistered and defunct parties

Updated August 2010

Unregistered parties

It is unclear whether these parties still exist.

Party name Founded
National Democratic Union of Tanzania (NDUTA) Provisional registration before Apr 2005; no registration Mar 2007
Solidarity of United Party (SUPA) Provisional registration before Apr 2005; no registration Mar 2007
National Democratic Party for Rehabilitation (NDPR-MAREJESHO) Provisional registration before Apr 2005; no registration Mar 2007

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
Movement for Democratic Alternative (MDA) c1988
Bismillah Party Founded c1988; never registered
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
Chama cha Amani na Demokrasia Tanzania (CHADETA) Provisional registration, 18 Feb 2003; no registration 2005