Tanzanian general election, 1970

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General elections were held in Tanzania on 30 October 1970. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Tanganyika African National Union as the sole legal party on the mainland, and the Afro-Shirazi Party was the only party in Zanzibar. For the National Assembly election there were two candidates from the same party in each of the 106 constituencies, whilst the presidential election was effectively a referendum on TANU leader Julius Nyerere's candidacy.

Voter turnout was 70.1% in the presidential election and 66.6% in the National Assembly election.^[1]

Results

President

Choice	Votes	%
For	3,220,636	96.7
Against	108,956	3.3
Invalid/blank votes	77,491	-
Total	3,407,083	100
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, pp880-884 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

Elections in Tanzania

Presidential elections

Parliamentary elections

Civic elections

2014

Pre-union Tanganyika

President	1962

Parliament	1958–59 1960

Pre-union Zanzibar

Parliament	1957 1961 (Jan) 1961 (Jun) 1963

Referendums

2010*
2015

* Zanzibar only

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