1970 Tanzanian general election

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.

1970 Tanzanian general election
30 October 1970 (1970-10-30)
 
Nominee Julius Nyerere
Party TANU
Popular vote 3,220,636
Percentage 96.7%
President before election

Julius Nyerere
TANU

 Elected President

Julius Nyerere
TANU

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

Results

President
Choice Votes %
For3,220,63696.7
Against108,9563.3
Invalid/blank votes77,491-
Total3,407,083100
Source: Nohlen et al.
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References
  1. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, pp880-884 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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