The 2015 National Elections in Tanzania

Roop, Sterling; Weghorst, Keith R.

doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2016.05.003

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“…Approaching Tanzania's 2015 general elections, for instance, the component parties of the opposition coalition, Ukawa, publicly signed a memorandum of understanding to cement the interparty cooperation between them. 6 The document not only committed the parties to field only one single opposition candidate for all levels of elections throughout the country (executive, legislative, and local), it also detailed a power-sharing agreement in a future government if they won the elections (Roop and Weghorst 2016). Subsequently, Ukawa also launched a combined manifesto, promising to prioritize adopting a new constitution that the ruling party had abandoned, among other socioeconomic reform initiatives.…”

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Opposing Power

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2022

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An electronic version of this book is freely available, thanks in part to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched (KU). KU is a collaborative initiative designed to make high quality books Open Access for the public good. More information about the initiative and links to the Open Access version can be found at www.knowledgeunlatched.org.The University of Michigan Press's open access publishing program is made possible thanks to additional funding from the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the generous support of contributing libraries.

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“…Approaching Tanzania’s 2015 general elections, for example, the component parties of the opposition alliance, Ukawa, publicly signed a memorandum of understanding cementing inter-party cooperation. The document committed the parties to field only one single opposition candidate for all levels of elections throughout the country (executive, legislative, and local), and also detailed a power-sharing agreement in a future government if they won the elections (Roop and Weghorst, 2016). Ukawa also launched a combined manifesto promising to adopt a new constitution, among other socio-economic reform initiatives.…”

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What are we voting for? Opposition alliance joint campaigns in electoral autocracies

Ong

2021

Party Politics

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Existing analyses of opposition pre-electoral alliance formation in electoral autocracies neglect their coordinated election campaigns against incumbent autocrats. This paper argues that opposition alliance joint campaigns can increase the salience of the anti-regime cleavage, signal mutual compromise, and highlight the positive material and policy gains voters will reap following regime defeat. Together, they persuade ideologically and ethnically disparate opposition supporters to engage in the cross-party strategic voting necessary to maximize opposition vote share and their chances of winning. Empirical findings from Malaysia’s historic 2018 general elections support the theory’s propositions. A pre-electoral survey experiment estimates that an opposition alliance’s joint campaigns increases cross-party strategic voting by about 10 percentage points among opposition voters. Field interviews and ethnographic observation during the election campaigning revealed the diverse methods and mechanisms of joint campaigns. Malaysia’s Pakatan Harapan opposition alliance eventually prevailed through a combination of joint campaigning against a flailing incumbent.

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“…Of the five elections 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015, none went without contestations. Of all, three most contested ones are those of 2000, 2010, and 2015 which the government have been accused of vote-rigging, excessive use of coercive powers and intimidation, corruption and suppression of the progress made towards democratic consolidation in favour of the ruling party (Babeiya, 2011;LHRC, 2016;Makulilo 2012;TEMCO, 2001;Roop and Wenghost, 2016).…”

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Reflection on Electoral Democracy and Peaceful Transfer of Power: The Tanzanian Experience

John Masabo

2019

Tanzania Journal for Population studies and Development

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This paper revisits the Africa’s electoral democracy trajectories with the focus on Tanzanian experience of electoral democracy and political transitions. It analyses the conduct of electoral democracy and peaceful transfer of power in Tanzania and gauges whether such experiences may be emulated by other countries particularly those facing crises of political transition in Africa. To do so, the paper adopts documentary review method supplemented by hermeneutic techniques as the most feasible and effective methodology best suited for studying a phenomenon using secondary sources. From this analysis, it is evident, then, although the balance sheet on Tanzania’s experience with democratisation over the last two decades or so shows progressive trends; major power transition remains within the confinements of the ruling party, but Tanzanian experience, still, provides some important lessons for other countries can emulate. Notwithstanding such positive trends, the paper recommends for urgent legal and institutional reforms on the mandate and independence electoral management institution and continuous periodic updating of voters for feasible and the regular processes for individuals opportunity to join with their fellows in replacing, or reinstating the government of their country by means of the ballot-box and without to violence.

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The 2015 National Elections in Tanzania

Cited by 7 publications

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Opposing Power

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What are we voting for? Opposition alliance joint campaigns in electoral autocracies

Reflection on Electoral Democracy and Peaceful Transfer of Power: The Tanzanian Experience

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