Don: Polls show CCM can lose power despite unfair system

On Wednesday last week Twaweza released a survey on citizens’ preferences and views on political leadership that showed that about half of the respondents support CCM.

There is always next time to try again if you lose in polls
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It is undisputable that in democratic states, elections are the core ingredients of their existence, unlike in countries following the autocratic rule. Tanzania, that before independence followed the colonial British type of multi-party democracy, adopted single ...

How Nigeria's ruling party uses election delay to avoid defeat

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Ministers lose seats as Tanzania counts polls
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Tanzanians voted on Sunday in presidential and parliamentary polls in which the ruling party is expected to fend off rivals led by former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa, who has tapped into mounting anger over corruption and the slow pace of change.
Tanzania election: Government ministers suffer shock defeatBBC News
Results of Country's Elections Out in Four Days, Says Electoral BodyAllAfrica.com
Tanzania: 5 Cabinet ministers lose...

>National Electoral Commission (NEC) has come under fire from the  main opposition parties which have  rejected plans by the electoral body to introduce electronic voter registration system in September.

As the 2015 election dust settles, we should conduct deep soul-searching on the important exercise whose climax was Election Day – October 25

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'CCM, Chadema absence at election debate unfair to voters'
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CCM and opposition Chadema candidates have denied voters an opportunity to understand better their manifestos by skipping a presidential election debate that was held in Dar es Salaam on Sunday, according to observers. Although candidates have no ...
Tensions in Zanzibar as Tanzania readies for tight voteThe Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)
Hamad urges electoral body to hasten release of...

>The unfolding culture of lawlessness in the country is threatening peace and could disrupt the next General Election, an expert has said.

Establishing a tax domicile abroad to avoid US taxes is a hot strategy in corporate America, but many companies that have done such “inversion” deals have failed to produce above-average returns for investors, an analysis has found.