2010 Zanzibari general election

2010 Zanzibari presidential election
Registered	407,658
Turnout	89.52%
President before election; Amani Abeid Karume; CCM	Elected President ; Ali Mohamed Shein; CCM

General elections were held in Zanzibar on 31 October 2010 alongside the 2010 Tanzanian general elections. Amani Abeid Karume the president of Zanzibar stepped down after completing 2 terms in office. The presidential elections were won by Ali Mohamed Shein of Chama Cha Mapinduzi. Zanzibar elections have always been highly contested and also subject to post election violence.^[1]

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To defuse the tensions a Unity government to be formed after the election was proposed, which was put into place after the 2010 Zanzibari government of national unity referendum was overwhelmingly accepted by the population.^[2]^[3]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ali Mohamed Shein	Chama Cha Mapinduzi	179,809	50.11
	Seif Sharif Hamad	Civic United Front	176,338	49.14
	Kassim Bakari Ali	Jahazi Asilia	803	0.22
	Haji Khamis Haji	National Reconstruction Alliance	525	0.15
	Juma Ali Khatib	Tanzania Democratic Alliance	497	0.14
	Said Soud Said	Association of Farmers Party	480	0.13
	Ambar Haji Khamis	NCCR–Mageuzi	363	0.10
Total			358,815	100.00

Valid votes			358,815	98.33
Invalid/blank votes			6,109	1.67
Total votes			364,924	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			407,658	89.52
Source: African Elections Database

Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Constituency	Women	Total
	Chama Cha Mapinduzi	178,091	50.25	28	11	39
	Civic United Front	168,082	47.43	22	9	31
	Jahazi Asilia	3,567	1.01	0	0	0
	Chadema	2,175	0.61	0	0	0
	NCCR–Mageuzi	1,046	0.30	0	0	0
	Tanzania Democratic Alliance	651	0.18	0	0	0
	Tanzania Labour Party	267	0.08	0	0	0
	Sauti ya Umma	160	0.05	0	0	0
	National Reconstruction Alliance	111	0.03	0	0	0
	Association of Farmers Party	91	0.03	0	0	0
	Demokrasia Makini	84	0.02	0	0	0
	Democratic Party	61	0.02	0	0	0
Appointed				–	–	10
Speaker and Attorney General				–	–	2
Total		354,386	100.00	50	20	82

Registered voters/turnout		407,658	–
Source: African Elections Database

Results