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UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
Bunge (National Assembly)
ELECTORAL SYSTEM

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Parliament name (generic / translated) Bunge / National Assembly
Structure of parliament Unicameral
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Electoral Law 30 June 2010
The National Elections Act CAP 343
Mode of designation directly elected 264
indirectly elected 118
appointed 10
other 1
Constituencies 264 single-member constituencies.
Voting system Majority: Single member plurality systems ("first past the post") for directly elected members.
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled through by elections.
Voting is not compulsory.
Voter requirements - age: 18 years
- Tanzanian citizenship
- disqualifications: allegiance to a foreign State, insanity, death sentence, imprisonment exceeding 6 months
CANDIDATES
Eligibility Qualified electors
- age: 21 years
- Tanzanian citizenship
- ineligibility: detention or deportation for more than 6 months, undischarged bankruptcy
Incompatibilities - government contractors
- civil servants
Candidacy requirements - nomination between 5 and 25 days after the dissolution of the previous Parliament
- each nomination must be supported in writing by at least 25 registered electors of the constituency

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