House of Representatives of Zanzibar

The unicameral House of Representatives of Zanzibar is the semi-autonomous island's legislative body.

The current House of Representatives, formed following elections held on 30 October 2005, has a total of 81 members. 50 members are directly elected in single-member constituencies

Constituency

A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves...

 using the simple majority (or First-past-the-post) system. The President of Zanzibar

President of Zanzibar

The President of Zanzibar is the head of the Zanzibar government, which is a semi-autonomous government within Tanzania. The current President is Amani Abeid Karume, who was elected in November 2000...

 appoints 10 additional members and five seats are reserved for government-appointed regional commissioners.

The unicameral House of Representatives of Zanzibar is the semi-autonomous island's legislative body.

The current House of Representatives, formed following elections held on 30 October 2005, has a total of 81 members. 50 members are directly elected in single-member constituencies

Constituency

A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves...

 using the simple majority (or First-past-the-post) system. The President of Zanzibar

President of Zanzibar

The President of Zanzibar is the head of the Zanzibar government, which is a semi-autonomous government within Tanzania. The current President is Amani Abeid Karume, who was elected in November 2000...

 appoints 10 additional members and five seats are reserved for government-appointed regional commissioners. 15 seats are reserved for women and are filled on a party basis. The final seat is reserved for the Attorney-General.

Political party distribution among the 50 directly elected seats is as follows:

• Chama Cha Mapinduzi
  Chama Cha Mapinduzi
  The Chama Cha Mapinduzi is the ruling political party of Tanzania.- History :The party was created February 5, 1977, under the leadership of Julius Nyerere, as the merger of the Tanganyika African National Union , the then ruling party in Tanganyika, and the Afro-Shirazi Party , the then ruling...
  
   (CCM) - 30 Seats
• Civic United Front
  Civic United Front
  The Civic United Front is a liberal party in Tanzania. Although nationally-based, most of the CUF's support comes from the Zanzibar islands of Unguja and Pemba...
  
   (CUF) - 19 Seats

(Note: Results in one constituency were invalidated due to irregularities. A re-run of the poll took place on 14 December 2005, but the result is not available.)

Pandu Ameir Kificho is the current Speaker

Speaker (politics)

The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the powers to discipline members who break the...

 of the House.

Previous House of Representatives election results

Political Party Political party A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns...	Election Election An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and...  Year
1995	2000
Chama Cha Mapinduzi Chama Cha Mapinduzi The Chama Cha Mapinduzi is the ruling political party of Tanzania.- History :The party was created February 5, 1977, under the leadership of Julius Nyerere, as the merger of the Tanganyika African National Union , the then ruling party in Tanganyika, and the Afro-Shirazi Party , the then ruling...  (CCM)	26	34
Civic United Front Civic United Front The Civic United Front is a liberal party in Tanzania. Although nationally-based, most of the CUF's support comes from the Zanzibar islands of Unguja and Pemba... (CUF)	24	16
Total	50	50

Note: The results above include only directly elected seats.

Website

• Zanzibar House of Representatives website