Tanzania Labour Party

Tanzania Labour Party
Chama cha TLP  (Swahili)
Abbreviation TLP
Chairman Augustino Mrema
Founder Leo Lwekamwa
Founded 1992
Headquarters Dar es Salaam
Political position Left-wing
Colours          
National Assembly
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Zanzibar HoR
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EALA
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SADC PF
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Pan-African Parliament
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Politics of Tanzania
Political parties
Elections

The Tanzania Labour Party (TLP) is an opposition political party in Tanzania.[1]

Electoral performance

At the 2000 legislative elections, the party won 3 out of 269 seats in the National Assembly. In the presidential elections of the same day, its candidate Augustine Lyatonga Mrema won 7.8% of the vote.

In elections held on 14 December 2005, TLP presidential candidate Augustine Mrema placed fourth out of ten candidates, winning 0.75% of the vote. The party won one seat in National Assembly elections held on the same day.

References

  1. Jonas Ewald (July 2013). Challenges for the Democratisation Process in Tanzania. Moving Towards Consolidation Years After Independence?. African Books Collective. pp. 365–. ISBN 978-9987-08-250-6.


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