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2010 Zanzibari general election information


2010 Zanzibari presidential election
2010 Zanzibari general election
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Registered407,658
Turnout89.52%
 
Party CCM Civic United Front
Popular vote 179,809 176,338
Percentage 50.11% 49.14%

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 contests and have always been subject to post election violence.[1]

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]

  1. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Post-election stalemate in Zanzibar | DW | 08.01.2016". DW.COM. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  2. ^ "Most supports government of national unity in Tanzania's Zanzibar: referendum - People's Daily Online". en.people.cn. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  3. ^ "The political stalemate in Zanzibar". Africa M.E. 2016-01-20. Retrieved 2020-06-27.

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