Zanzibar: 2005 Presidential election results

Updated August 2006

The election of the Zanzibari President (together with election of the Zanzibari House of Representatives) took place on 30 October 2005 (ZEC 2006, #1.1.1).

Voting statistics

Registered voters	507 225
Total votes	460 581
% Turnout	90.8
Valid votes	450 968
Spoilt ballots	9 613
% Spoilt ballots	2.1

Table source

ZEC 2006, Appendix l: Zanzibar Presidential Election Results.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes	% Votes
Amani Abeid Karume	Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)	239 832	53.2
Seif Sharif Hamad	Civic United Front	207 733	46.1
Haji Mussa Haji Kitole	Jahazi Asila	2 110	0.5
Abdulla Ali Abdulla	Democratic Party (DP)	509	0.1
Simai Abdulrahman Abdulla	National Reconstruction Alliance (NRA)	449	0.1
Maryam Ahmed Omar	Sauti ya Umma (SAU)	335	0.1
Total		450 968	100.1

Table source

ZEC 2006, Appendix l: Zanzibar Presidential Election Results.

Reference

ZANZIBAR ELECTORAL COMMISSION (ZEC) 2006 Report for the Zanzibar General Election of Year 2005, [www] http://www.zec.go.tz/docs/report_2005.pdf [PDF document] (accessed 27 August 2010).