New voter registrations exceeded projections by 136.79%, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairperson Jacobs Mwambegele said. The commission had initially aimed to register 5.58 million new voters, representing 18.77% of the 2019/2020 voter roll.
Mwambegele also noted that 4.29 million existing voters updated their registration details, representing 98.23% of the 4.36 million target, which is approximately 15% of previously registered voters.
In addition to new registrations and updates, INEC removed almost 100,000 ineligible names from the voter register.
These removals represent 16.78% of the projected 500,000 ineligible names. Mwambegele also stated that around 9,000 individuals who registered multiple times have been identified and will face legal action.
Tanzania will hold general elections on October 28, 2025, the country’s electoral body said Saturday.
The Bongo nation will go to the polls to elect its president, parliament and ward councillors, with candidates to be nominated between August 9 and 27.
“We call upon all election stakeholders to participate in the election and adhere to the laws and regulations,” the Independent National Electoral Commission chairman Jacobs Mwambegele told a meeting of political figures in the capital Dodoma.
The country has 37.65 million registered voters, he said.
Elections were due to be held this October following the last vote in 2020.
Currently President, Samia Suluhu , has been criticized for silencing opposition. Main opposition leader has been disqualified.
The election commission disqualified the main opposition party, Chadema, earlier this year after it refused to sign an electoral code of conduct without reforms.
Its leader Tundu Lissu was jailed in April and is on trial for treason, which carries a potential death penalty.
Chadema accuses the government of President Samia Suluhu Hassan of repressing dissent, including the murder and kidnapping of opposition figures, and barring large numbers of their candidates from previous elections.
This is a predetermined elections for Tanzania.
