At stake in this election:

• The office of President of Tanzania

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Jakaya KIKWETE
• Head of Government: President Jakaya KIKWETE
• Assembly: Tanzania has a unicameral National Assembly (Bunge) with 274 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the National Assembly (Bunge), 232 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms, 80 members are reserved for women to serve 5-year terms and 5 members are allocated to members of the Zanzibar House of Representatives to serve 5-year terms.

Main Candidates in the Presidential race:

• Jakaya Mrisho KIKWETE
  • Party: Party of the Revolution / Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)
• Willibrod SLAA
  • Party: Party for Democracy and Progress / Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA)
• Ibrahim LIPUMBA
  • Party: Civic United Front (CUF) / Chama Cha Wananchi
• Fahma DOUVUTWA
  • Party: United People's Democratic Party (UPDP)
• Hashim RUNGWE
  • Party: National Convention for Construction and Reform–Mageuzi (NCCR–Mageuzi)
• Mutamwega MUGAHYWA
  • Party: Tanzania Labour Party (TLP)
• Peter MIZIRAY
  • Party: African Progressive Party of Tanzania – Maendeleo (APPT–Maendeleo)

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 45,648,525 (2010)
• Registered Voters: 19,670,631 (September 2010)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 22,982,543 (2010)

·         Is Tanzania a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)

·         Has Tanzania ratified CEDAW: Yes (20 August 1985)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: No

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 126 (following the 2010 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 151

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: High

Disability Data:

·         Is Tanzania a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Tanzanisa ratified CRPD: Yes (10 November 2009)

·         Population with a disability: 6,847,278 (est.)