TANZANIA PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION 2015 -LIVE UPDATES

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The National Electoral Commission (NEC) on Monday released the timetable for the coming general elections, declaring October 25, 2015 as the Election Day.

NEC Chairman Justice Damian Lubuva said in a statement issued in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the names of the presidential, parliamentary and councils’ aspirants will be announced on August 21.

The schedule also indicates that the campaigns will be conducted for 63 days — between August 22 and October 24.

The election timetable comes at the time when NEC is also conducting countrywide voter registration using the Biometric Voters Registration (BVR) kits whereas the exercise has already been completed in some regions, including Njombe, Mtwara and Lindi.

According to the final timetable for registration of voters issued by NEC, the exercise is currently taking place in various regions and it is expected to be completed by July 16.

Also as part of the preparation for the general elections, NEC is currently working on the demarcation of constituencies while it is expected to issue the new list of constituencies, where the elections will be conducted any time from now.

According to NEC, the demarcation of the constituencies will base on the population people in respective areas as provided by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the number of current constituencies, which is 239.

On the other hand, some of the political parties have also produced their party’s nomination timetable whereas on the side of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), the presidential aspirants are scheduled to pick nomination forms between June 3 and July 2.

According to CCM Secretary for Ideology and Publicity Nape Nnauye, Zanzibar presidential aspirants will pick the forms and get sponsors in the same period of time as on Tanzania Mainland.

For MPs and councillors, Mr Nnauye said that they will pick nomination forms from July 15 and will be required to return them on July 19.

“The Union presidential candidate on CCM ticket will be known on July 12, the day the ruling party expects to complete the nomination process for its flag bearer in the general elections in October,” he said.

On the side of the Civic United Front (CUF) in Zanzibar, the presidential aspirants started picking forms on Monday and had been given one week to fill and return the forms by May 31.

On the side of Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA), the party’s presidential aspirant will be known on August 2.

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