Ruling party wins Tanzania presidency

Tanzania’s governing CCM party candidate John Magufuli has won the presidential election with 58% of the vote, the electoral commission says. His main rival Edward Lowassa has rejected the official results that gave him 40% of the ballots cast. The opposition Ukawa coalition candidate earlier claimed he had won with 62% of the vote. In […]

Tanzania’s governing CCM party candidate John Magufuli has won the presidential election with 58% of the vote, the electoral commission says.
His main rival Edward Lowassa has rejected the official results that gave him 40% of the ballots cast.
The opposition Ukawa coalition candidate earlier claimed he had won with 62% of the vote.
In Zanzibar, elections for the semi-autonomous archipelago’s parliament and president were annulled on Wednesday.
President Jakaya Kikwete, who is standing down after two terms in office, retweeted a CCM photo of Mr Magufuli and the accompanying words: “Our next Commander-in-Chief, Dr John Pombe Magufuli, the President-elect of The United Republic of Tanzania.”
Abdallah Safari, vice-president of Chadema, one of the four opposition parties that make up Ukawa, said Tanzanians “have been robbed of their victory”.
Teams from the African Union and southern African regional body Sadc said that the vote had largely been “free and fair”.