Full List of Tanzania Presidential Candidates who will be on ballot on October 29th, 2025

Full List of Tanzania Presidential Candidates who will be on ballot on October 29th, 2025

  1. Samia Suluhu Hassan (CCM)
  2. Saum Rashid (UDP)
  3. Kunje Ngombale Mwiru (AAFP)
  4. Yustas Rwamugira (TLP)
  5. Wilson Mulumbe (ADC)
  6. Augustine Lyatonga Mrema (NLD)
  7. Hashim Rungwe Mapunda (CCK)
  8. John Momose Cheyo (MAKINI)
  9. Seif Hamad Magango (NRA)
  10. Paul Rupia (UPDP)
  11. Stephen Masato Ngulube (CUF)
  12. Joseph Musukuma Mbilinyi (TPP)
  13. Godfrey Zambi (MUNU)
  14. Leonard Samwela (NCCR-Mageuzi)
  15. Michael Ngaleku (PPT)
  16. Anna Mghanga (TaSiKwa)
  17. Juma Duni Haji (DP)

=>Barred or excluded opposition figures/ other groups.

-Tundu Lissu (Chadema): The leader of the main opposition party was arrested, detained & subsequently disqualified from participating in the election.

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-Luhaga Mpina (ACT-Wazalendo): The leader of another Main opposition party who was disqualified for failure to comply with nomination procedures.

-CHADEMA party: The entire party was disqualified by the electoral commission for failing to sign a mandatory code of conduct by the April 2025 deadline.

-International observation: For the first time in recent elections, Tanzania restricted the presence of international and regional observer missions, raising further concerns about transparency.

-Rights groups and political analysts: They sustained crackdown on dissent, with incidents of arrests & harassment.

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