Zanzibar: 2000 Presidential election results

Updated June 2007

Voting in 34 constituencies in Zanzibar took place on 29 October 2000. However, in 16 constituencies on Unguja (in the Urban West Region) inefficient distribution of electoral materials forced the Electoral Commission hold fresh elections on 5 November 2000. The Civic United Front (CUF) boycotted the rerun (Zanzibar Electoral Commission 2000, 15-18). According to the National Electoral Commission of the UNited Republic of Tanzania (2001, 67) the CUF had demanded, with the support of some other parties, that all the results in Zanzibar be nullified and the whole election be rerun; when this demand was not met the boycott was initiated.

Voting statistics

Registered Voters	446 482
Total votes	379 760
% Turnout	85.06
Valid votes	370 095
Spoilt votes	9 665
% Spoilt votes	2.55

Table source

Zanzibar Electoral Commission 2000, Appendix I.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	% vote
Amani A Karume	Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)	248 095	67.04
Seif S Hamad	Civic United Front (CUF)	122 000	32.96
Total		370 095	100.00

Table source

Zanzibar Electoral Commission 2000, Appendix I.

Reference

NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION 2001 The Report of the National Electoral Commission on the 2000 Presidential, Parliamentary and Councillors' Elections.

ZANZIBAR ELECTORAL COMMISSION 2000 Report on the General Elections 2000.