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The National Assembly of Tanzania (Swahili: Bunge la Tanzania) and the President of the United Republic of Tanzania make up the Parliament of Tanzania. [2] The current Speaker of the National Assembly is Tulia Ackson , who presides over a unicameral assembly of 393 members.
Most members of the Bunge, Tanzania's National Assembly, are elected concurrently by direct popular vote for 5-year terms. Additional members are nominated by the President, and five seats are chosen by the Zanzibar House of Representatives. Further seats are reserved for female members who are selected by their parties.
The unicameral National Assembly of Tanzania or Bunge has 393 seats — 264 elected by popular vote, 113 allocated to women chosen by their parties in proportion to their share of the electoral vote, 10 nominated by the president, five members chosen by the Zanzibar House of Representatives, and the Attorney General as an ex officio member ...
Name Took office Left office Notes Adam Sapi Mkwawa: 26 April 1964 19 November 1973 Mkwawa was elected as Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanganyika on 27 November 1962 [2]
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Elections in Tanzania occur on both the local and national levels. The local government holds elections for street or village chair people. General elections at the national level elect the President and the members of the National Assembly.
The East African Legislative Assembly was inaugurated on 30 November 2001 as the legislative arm of the newly revived East African Community. [3] The Assembly met in Arusha, Tanzania, where the Tripartite Commission announced it would upgrade to a treaty. [3]
Currently the party is the leading opposition party in the Zanzibar House of Representatives parliament holding political grounds together with Chama Cha Mapinduzi in a government coalition in Tanzania semi-autonomous Islands of Zanzibar archipelago. [13]