Zanzibar: Presidential election results 2005
Updated August 2006
The election of the Zanzibari President (together with election of the Zanzibari House of Representatives) took place on 30 October 2005 (EISA 2006, 14).
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
EISA 2006, 22.
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
EISA 2006, 22.