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List of political parties in Tanzania

Political parties in Tanzania lists political parties in Tanzania. Tanzania is a one party dominant state with the Chama Cha Mapinduzi in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.

The parties

Parliamentary parties

• Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Revolutionary State Party)
• Civic United Front (Chama Cha Wananchi)
• Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Party for Democracy and Progress)
• Tanzania Labour Party
• United Democratic Party

Other parties

• Chama cha Haki na Usitawi (CHAUSTA)
• Democratic Party (DP)
• Demokrasia Makini (MAKINI)
• Forum for the Restoration of Democracy (FORD)
• Jahazi Asilia
• National Convention for Construction and Reform-Mageuzi (NCCR-Mageuzi)
• National League for Democracy (NLD)
• National Reconstruction Alliance (NRA)
• Popular National Party (PONA)
• Sauti ya Umma (SAU)
• Tanzania Democratic Alliance (TADEA)
• Progressive Party of Tanzania-Maendeleo (PPT-Maendeleo)
• Union for Multiparty Democracy (UMD)
• United People's Democratic Party (UPDP)

Defunct Parties

• Tanganyika African National Union (TANU)
• Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP)
• Zanzibar Nationalist Party (ZNP)
• Zanzibar and Pemba People's Party (ZPPP)

See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals