Tanzania General Election 2025 Results: Samia Suluhu Hassan Declared Winner

Tanzania’s 2025 general election was marred by chaos due to protests, deaths, curfews and internet cuts
Despite this, the country’s election commission has declared Samia Suluhu Hassan the winner of the presidential election
The announcement comes a few hours after the European Parliament warned the country’s election commission against announcing the election

Election commission in the country Tanzania announced Samia Suluhu as the winner in the 2025 presidential election with 98% of the vote.

Samia Suluhu will continue to rule as the president of Tanzania for the next five years. Photo: Samia Solutions.
Source: Facebook

The result gives Suluhu a chance to continue with his presidency. He took the reins of the country for the first time in 2021 after his predecessor, John Pombe Magufuli, died.

How many votes did Samia Suluhu get?

According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Suluhu, who contested on the Chama Cha Mapinduzi ticket, received a total of 31,913,866 votes.

The voting exercise was held on Wednesday, October 29, where important opposition figures were prevented from voting.