1962 Tanganyikan presidential election

Presidential election in Tanganyika

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Presidential elections were held in Tanganyika on 1 November 1962. They were the first elections following independence the previous year and the decision to form a republic. Julius Nyerere, leader of the ruling Tanganyika African National Union and incumbent Prime Minister won easily with 98% of the vote.^[1] No further multi-party elections were held until 1995.

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Julius Nyerere	Tanganyika African National Union	1,127,987	98.15
	Zuberi Mtemvu	African National Congress	21,276	1.85
Total			1,149,263	100.00

Source: Nohlen et al.

There were around 1.8 million registered voters.^[2]

References

^ Elections in Tanzania African Elections Database
^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p883 ISBN 0-19-829645-2