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The Guardian - AU
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Tanzania’s Hassan declared landslide winner in election that triggered violent protests

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan won a landslide election victory with 97.66% of the vote, the electoral commission announced on 1 November, 2025, after polls that lacked major opposition candidates and descended into violent protests.
Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan won a landslide election victory with more than 97% of the vote. Photograph: Michael Jamson/AFP/Getty Images

Tanzania’s president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has been declared the winner of the country’s disputed election with more than 97% of the vote following violent protests across the country earlier in the week.

The landslide result announced by Tanzania’s electoral commission hands Hassan, who took power in 2021 after the death in office of her predecessor, a five-year term to govern the east African country of 68 million people.

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