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The National Assembly of Tanzania was formed as the Legislative Council of Tanzania Mainland – then known as Tanganyika – in 1926. The Council was formed under a law enacted by the British Parliament called the Tanganyika Legislative Council Order and Council. The law was gazetted in Tanganyika on 18 June 1926.
As of 2010, Tanzania was ranked Partly Free by Freedom House. [4] The 2011 Democracy Index marked Tanzania as a "hybrid regime", ranking it 90th out of 167, [ 5 ] an improvement from 92nd the year before, but preceding a decline on a number of metrics as shown in subsequent Freedom House studies.
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.
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]
Television Tanzania (also Television ya Taifa) started its broadcasts on 15 March 2000, after an experimental period that started in December 1999. In the initial phase it broadcast eight hours a day (4pm to midnight) in both English and Swahili languages, covering (in its first phase) Dar es Salaam, Tanga, Zanzibar, Pemba, Lindi, Mtwara and ...
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 president is elected for a five-year term. [1]
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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.