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1985 Tanzanian general election

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Field	Value
country	Tanzania
type	presidential
previous_election	1980 Tanzanian general election
previous_year	1980
election_date
next_election	1990 Tanzanian general election
next_year	1990
module	{{Infobox election
embed	yes
type	presidential
election_name	Presidential election
image1	Ali Hassan Mwinyi.jpg
nominee1	Ali Hassan Mwinyi
party1	Chama Cha Mapinduzi
popular_vote1	4,778,114
percentage1	95.68%
title	President
before_election	Julius Nyerere
before_party	Chama Cha Mapinduzi
after_election	Ali Hassan Mwinyi
after_party	Chama Cha Mapinduzi

General elections were held in Tanzania on 27 October 1985. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Chama Cha Mapinduzi as the sole legal party. For the National Assembly election there were two candidates from the same party in each constituency, whilst the presidential election was effectively a referendum on CCM's candidate Ali Hassan Mwinyi, who succeeded Julius Nyerere as president.

Several changes were made to the elections, including increasing the number of constituencies from 106 to 119, scrapping the 20 regional seats elected by MPs, and the introduction of 15 reserved seats for women. The voting age was reduced from 21 to 18 by the 1985 Elections Act, and a constitutional amendment the previous year had limited the president to two terms.

Voter turnout was 74% in the National Assembly election and 75% in the presidential election.

Results

President

National Assembly

References

[http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/tan1985election.htm Tanzania: The 1985 Elections] EISA
[[Dieter Nohlen]], Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', pp881-884 {{ISBN. 0-19-829645-2

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