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Parties and Candidates
PC001
Registration requirements for parties (Chamber 1)
Question: What are the registration requirements for political parties running for national elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s):
a . Signature requirement (specify requirement) b . Deposit requirement (specify amount)
Comments: Candidates must be nominated in writing by no less than 25 registered voters residing in the constituency where they intend to contest and pay a deposit of 50,000 TSh (€ 25).
Source: The National Elections Act 2010, art. 38, 38Α: http://www.unisa.ac.za/contents/faculties/law/docs/National_Elections_Act-.pdf (2013)
Verified: 2015/10/26
PC003
Registration requirements for candidates (Chamber 1)
Question: What are the legal qualifications to become a candidate at legislative elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s):
a . Age b . Citizenship i . Minimum level of literacy j . Other
Comments: Any person shall be qualified for election or appointment as a Member of Parliament if he/she is a citizen of the United Republic who has attained the age of twenty-one years and who can read and write in Kiswahili or
English and is a member and a candidate proposed by a political party.
Source: Constitution, art. 67 (1): http://www.chr.up.ac.za/undp/domestic/docs/c_Tanzania.pdf(2013);
The National Elections Act 2010, art. 36: http://www.unisa.ac.za/contents/faculties/law/docs/National_Elections_Act-.pdf (2013)
Verified: 2015/10/26
PC008
Independent candidates
Question: Can independent candidates compete in presidential or legislative elections?
Answer(s):
a . Neither in presidential nor legislative elections
Comments: One of the qualifications for running in both presidential and legislative elections is that the candidates are members of and candidates proposed by a political party.
Source: Constitution, art. 39 (1-c), 67 (1-b): http://www.chr.up.ac.za/undp/domestic/docs/c_Tanzania.pdf (2013)
Verified: 2015/10/26
PC012
Public funding of parties
Question: Do political parties receive direct/indirect public funding?
Answer(s):
b . Direct c . Indirect
Comments: The Government shall disburse up to not more than 2% of the annual recurrent budget, less the amount payable in defraying the national debt, in the grant of subventions to political parties. In addition to this subvention, the government shall grant an annual subvention to every qualifying party in relation to its local government authority activities which shall be such an amount as the minister may determine, and which shall be computed based on the number of the members of the party who are members of a district or urban council.
Source: The Political Parties Act 1992 with the subsequent amendments, art. 13: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB4QFjAAahUKEwjA_P_dyuDIAhWEVyYKHQNFAOw&url=http%3A%2F%2Faceproject.org%2Fero-en%2Fregions%2Fafrica%2FTZ%2Ftanzania-the-political-parties-act-1992%2Fat_download%2Ffile&usg=AFQjCNF5Waj5Q41gIFVFBaqsTn9xF9PzYw&sig2=wFubg03dRjkwXuIGnS0Szw
Verified: 2015/10/26
PC015
Question: What is the basis of the public funding?
Answer(s):
b . Based on result of previous election e . Other
Comments: Fifty percent of the funds shall be disbursed amongst qualifying parties on basis of the ratio between the number of parliamentary constituencies in the United Republic. The other fifty per centum of the funds shall be disbursed amongst qualifying parties each of which won not less than five per centum of all the valid votes cast in all constituencies in the United Republic, and shall be disbursed amongst those parties on the basis of the ratio between the total number of valid votes cast for the parliamentary candidates of a party and the total number of all the valid votes cast in the parliamentary election for all the qualifying parties.
In addition, the Government shall grant an annual subvention to every qualifying party in relation to its local government authority activities which shall be such an amount as the Minister may determine, and which shall be computed on the basis of the number of the members of a party who are members of a district or urban council.
Source: The Political Parties Act 1992 with the subsequent amendments, art. 16 (2), 17 (2): https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB4QFjAAahUKEwjA_P_dyuDIAhWEVyYKHQNFAOw&url=http%3A%2F%2Faceproject.org%2Fero-en%2Fregions%2Fafrica%2FTZ%2Ftanzania-the-political-parties-act-1992%2Fat_download%2Ffile&usg=AFQjCNF5Waj5Q41gIFVFBaqsTn9xF9PzYw&sig2=wFubg03dRjkwXuIGnS0Szw
Verified: 2015/10/26
PC017
Question: Are political parties entitled to private funding?
Answer:
a . Yes
Comments: The funds and other resources of political parties which have been fully registered shall derive from:
- membership fees
- voluntary contributions
- the proceeds of any investment, project or undertaking in which the party has interest
- subventions from the government
- donations, bequests and grants from any other source
Source: The Political Parties Act 1992 with the subsequent amendments, art. 13 (1): https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB4QFjAAahUKEwjA_P_dyuDIAhWEVyYKHQNFAOw&url=http%3A%2F%2Faceproject.org%2Fero-en%2Fregions%2Fafrica%2FTZ%2Ftanzania-the-political-parties-act-1992%2Fat_download%2Ffile&usg=AFQjCNF5Waj5Q41gIFVFBaqsTn9xF9PzYw&sig2=wFubg03dRjkwXuIGnS0Szw
Verified: 2015/10/26
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