Zanzibar: Cost of elections
Updated November 2010
See also Tanzania: Cost of elections.
Extracted from: Grant Masterson 2009 "Chapter 13: Tanzania and Zanzibar" IN Denis Kadima and Susan Booysen (eds) Compendium of Elections in Southern Africa 1989-2009: 20 Years of Multiparty Democracy, EISA, Johannesburg, 545-456.
The total costs spent during the 1995 elections in Zanzibar were more than half funded by the Government, through its budget allocations to the ZEC. The donor community funding was disbursed through the management of the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), with a separate amount of USD 13,500 disbursed directly to the ZEC from the British Government (ZEC. 1996. Op. cit. p. 49).
Contributions to the 1995 Zanzibar elections
| Contributor | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|
| TShs | US$ | |
| Zanzibar Government | 555 780 230 | 992 967 |
| Donors | 470 000 000 | 783 333 |
| British Government | 8 100 000 | 13 500 |
| Total | 1 031 880 230 | 1 719 800 |
Table source
ZEC 1996.
The total cost of the 2005 elections was US$ 35 million, with the vast majority of this funding coming from the Zanzibar government, with the international donor community contribution US$ 5 million towards the elections.
Contributions to the 2005 Zanzibar elections
| Contributor | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|
| TShs | US$ | |
| Zanzibar Government | 34 126 000 000 | 29 935 088 |
| Donors | 5 767 370 900 | 5 059 097 |
| Total | 39 893 370 900 | 34 994 185 |
Table source
ZEC 2006; ACE Undated.
Addendum: 2010 Elections
The ZEC budgeted TZS 2.5 million, which was recieved from the Government of Zanzibar, and was given additional technical and financial support from the UNDP's Election Support Programme for materials procurement, capacity building and consultant assistance (ZEC 2010; UNDP 2010).
References
ADMINISTRATION AND COST OF ELECTIONS (ACE) UNDATED "Zanzibar" http://aceproject.org/epic-en/countries/ZZ#VO [opens new window] (accessed 1 Sep 2010).
UNDP 2010 "Election Support Project (ESP)", [www] http://www.tz.undp.org/dg_proj_dg_esp.html [opens new window] (accessed 13 Nov 2010).
ZANZIBAR ELECTORAL COMMISSION (ZEC) 1996 Zanzibar Electoral Commission's Report for the General Election of the 22nd October 1995.
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, opens new window] (accessed 1 Sep 2010).
ZANZIBAR ELECTORAL COMMISSION (ZEC) 2010 "Briefing for International and Local Observers", 28 October, Media, Observers and Results Centre, Bwawani Hotel, Zanzibar.