Election triggered days of violent protests after principal rivals have been excluded from presidential race.
Printed On 1 Nov 2025
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been declared the winner of the nation’s disputed presidential election with almost 98 p.c of the vote, after main rivals have been excluded from the race.
The ultimate end result introduced by the electoral fee on Saturday confirmed Hassan had received 97.66 p.c of Wednesday’s vote, dominating each constituency.
State media stated a swearing-in ceremony would occur afterward Saturday.
The election for president and parliament set off days of violent protests as demonstrators took to the streets of main cities to protest in opposition to the barring or prevention of Hassan’s principal rivals from working and what they described as widespread repression.
Regardless of a heavy safety presence, election day descended into chaos, with some demonstrators tearing down banners of Hassan and setting fireplace to authorities buildings and police firing teargas and gunshots, in response to stories citing witnesses.
Chadema, the primary opposition drive which was barred from collaborating within the election, advised the AFP information company on Friday that “round 700” folks had been killed, primarily based on figures gathered from a community checking hospitals and well being clinics.
In the meantime, the UN human rights workplace stated credible stories indicated not less than 10 folks have been killed in three cities.
Overseas Minister Mahmoud Thabit Kombo advised Al Jazeera on Friday the authorities have acted appropriately and the election was performed pretty.
“No extreme drive has been used,” he advised Al Jazeera, saying the federal government has “no official figures” on any protesters killed. “I’ve not seen these 700 wherever.”
UN chief ‘deeply involved’
Hassan, who in 2021 was elevated from vice-president on the sudden demise of her predecessor, John Magufuli, confronted 16 candidates from smaller events.
Chadema chief Tundu Lissu has been jailed for months, charged with treason after he known as for electoral reforms that he stated have been a prerequisite totally free and truthful elections. He denies the costs. One other opposition determine, Luhaga Mpina of the ACT-Wazalendo group, was barred from working.
Rights teams allege Hassan oversaw a “wave of terror” in nation forward of the vote, together with a string of high-profile abductions that escalated within the closing days. The federal government has rejected criticisms of its human rights file.
Hassan has not made any public assertion because the unrest started.
UN chief Antonio Guterres is “deeply involved” concerning the scenario in Tanzania, “together with stories of deaths and accidents throughout the demonstrations”, his spokesman stated in a press release.
